>Wooden cases might not make as much sense >as plastic and metal, out there I believe you have fallen into a trap of the american mind: "If it ain't titanium, it ain't the best." Sometimes wood is just more efficient, particularly for weight/strength ratios. I don't know about later models, but I remember reading news articles about how astounded the US astronauts were to find wooden structural members in Soyuz spacecraft during the Apollo - Soyuz hookups. Dave Stocker Tumwater, WA
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