MS20074-05-24 bolts

Dave S wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote:


I don't recall it here.
How about share if you can find it.


IIRC, AN bolts are grade 5 types to allow them to bend before braking.


I will look.. but the gist of it is.. a grade 5 will still fail
completely before the grade 8 starts to get strained... brittle versus
bending is besides the point in that regard.


And if that overstresses the attachment that is bolted together?

A bent bolt is a sure sign of an overstress.

A super hard bolt that didn't bend may be worse that a bent bolt.


Of course, it's an amateur built - with no official quality control.
So you can use whatever you want.

But me? I'll stick to known aircraft grade hardware.