Talk:Monocoque

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Is still really still a stub? It seems like rather fine an article.

Monocoque and Unibody are NOT the same. A monocoque vehicle uses the the outter skin as a support (.e.g. boats) a unibody uses the body framework (not the outside skin) for support. Therefore, removing the 'unibody'section and creating a seperate article from it. arfon 20:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Belay my last. I'm leaving Unibody in with monocoque because I'm not sure it's not applicable now... arfon 20:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

You were right to begin with. Unibody isn't monocoque and it deserves its own article. This article is also collecting misplaced stuff about bicycle frames and fictional space suits. A first step to recovering it up would be to move Unibody. Question is, what to call it. Is Unibody a trade-name? Meggar 05:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I previously took out the part about bicycle frames, but don't see anything about space suits. I think splitting this into two articles, each with dabs to the other, is appropriate. "Unibody" isn't a trade-name as far as I know. Even if it is, we have many articles under trade names, so that's fine. StuRat 11:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boats

Surely boat hulls are relevant here. I don't have the knowledge for it, but if someone does it would be a good addition. -- cmh 15:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. I added a section on boats and ships. StuRat 00:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Fiction

Article says "In contrast to real-life examples." I'm highly dubious that there are any "real-life examples" of powered suits like the ones in the anime. If no one knows of such an example, perhaps this should be reworked. Septegram 02:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Even in the linked fiction articles it doesn't say anything monocoque; not that the term could in any way be applied to a suit. Removed. Meggar 05:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)