Generally, not the exact composition. So maybe better to say composite, but wanting to use accessible wording. The fuselage has the telltale crisscross texture, zoom in on this example
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Wonderful Paint work, thanks! Although I'm no weapons technician, I'd almost say that the two production photos show riveting. Rivets would normally be used in sheet steel, while fiberglass would be glued, right? That pink thing (clearly a 45° structure) looks like a marketing gimmick to me.
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I work in the industry, to use rivets is fast, and cheap, and give you strong enough connection. And when you assembly the parts the rivets gives you the right position of the part on the other. If you think the river not enough you still can add glue as well to make the bond stronger.
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+if you connect 2 different material the best if you use some fastening such as rivets.
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The upper part of the engine cowling is metal. Panels like the fairings are often bolted onto a frame
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The 'production facility' is a rental warehouse photo op. There is no future for any weapon plant in Ukraine Underground workshops in Pavlograd for Sapsan ballistic tactical missiles hit US electronic plant also & now the Bayraktar factor in Kiev, when it had ripened to the point of inauguration
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