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Originally Posted by jagolden01
Excuse my ignorance here, oil-canning?
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"Oil-canning" is what some folks call the uneven, almost wrinkled look aircraft skins can have due to the forces imposed on them from rivet stresses or loads applied causing deformations. I think the term stems from "back in the day" when motor oil came in cans, and always looked wrinkled.
Here's a shot of a real B-25 wingtip I found on a Flikr site posted (taken?) by "dumbyellowdog" (
link). Note the lumpy appearance around the lines of rivets when viewed close up:
The "oil-canning" in my wingtip came from me working the edges of the paper pretty hard. Unintentional, but I liked the effect.
Mike