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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Aircraft use tungsten ballast plates. I know it requires hardware, but would that have been viable?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Possible but the expense ruined my plans in the end… I did consider collecting broken tungsten end mills and inserts from machine shops and throwing them in molten lead, like croutons in a lead soup.

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