"What's absolutely key is getting our technology to a position where it's right to do this" Alan Mulally
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To: Paleo Conservative
I'd rather have titanium. Composites are not cheap, either.
3 posted on
07/16/2006 8:06:27 PM PDT by
GSlob
To: Paleo Conservative
Material flexibility was always a problem with composites. Looks like they 'cured' it. (/pun)
To: Paleo Conservative
What technology are they referring to? Is this technology any different from the 787?
7 posted on
07/16/2006 8:13:44 PM PDT by
appeal2
To: Paleo Conservative
Plastic planes are only used by criminals trying to evade metal detectors! Besides, people don't need to own planes. Police own planes. The military owns planes. If somebody needs help, they can call 911. Any fool can read the constitution and see that planes are intended for the military, and not for individuals. Plastic planes! The nerve!
To: Paleo Conservative
Will airlines be able to buy 737 kits with punch-out parts? Will the kits come with the glue supplied?
To: Paleo Conservative
And its eco-friendly!
13 posted on
07/16/2006 8:15:53 PM PDT by
Number57
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To: Paleo Conservative
wasn't it a composite tail section that ripped of the Airbus over Rockaway NY?
16 posted on
07/16/2006 8:19:41 PM PDT by
finnman69
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To: Paleo Conservative
What's the big deal. Didn't Wonder Woman flit about the sky in her transparant airplane?
UTD in Dallas has produced transparant nanotubes which are strong enough to make the space elevator tether. BTW didn't Scottie bring transparant aluminum to the 20th century?
To: Paleo Conservative
Lighter composite materials are also thought to improve range and fuel efficiency.
What about styrofoam? With the fuel efficiency attained from a styrofoam plane, it could probably fly between Florida and NY cheaper than driving a car the same distance.
30 posted on
07/16/2006 8:40:45 PM PDT by
adorno
To: Paleo Conservative
Mulally should be talking to Burt Rutan.
To: Paleo Conservative
I wonder what the composite loaded plastics mean in terms of expansion/contraction and how they do at supersonic speeds. I can believe they do ok at sub-sonic speeds but could they be used for high tech fighters?
58 posted on
07/16/2006 11:36:26 PM PDT by
Rembrandt
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To: Paleo Conservative
Where are the granite-and-slate based planes I saw in the Flintstones?
68 posted on
07/17/2006 7:07:57 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
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To: Paleo Conservative
"Plastic" is a really poor way to describe the state of the art in material science today.
72 posted on
07/17/2006 7:16:34 AM PDT by
ChadGore
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74 posted on
07/17/2006 7:27:06 AM PDT by
Wiz
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