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To: spunkets; All
Well, I located the mpeg that I wanted (apparently shot by the same camera cuz it is out of focus), of the bottom (z-) of the wing.

I have a dell laptop, so I can tilt the screen to get a 3-part 3-d view if I combine them in my head so they layer.

I see the chunk of insulation strike edge on, slightly left(maybe a foot or less) of the point where the wing flares to the front and directly behind the leading edge(maybe 6 inches), of the wing. It appeared to hit right on the line between the black edge and the tiles.

In short, looks like it hit the first row.

As before, when I saw the video on TV, I cannot see any change in hue or a mark of any kind.

Is it possible that the impact damaged the first tile that mates with the leading edge and allowed plasma to flow into the void and burn out the hole until it broke through underneath the leading edge?

This is the only way I can figure the tile impact may have damage the wing enough to cause a eventual loss of the craft.

430 posted on 02/07/2003 2:31:38 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: snopercod
Please read the above post and tell me something about your tile diagram.

The impact point that I picked, is a tile directly behind the leading edge and it adjoins a border of something that surrounds the left wheel cover.

What would serious damage to the one tile behind the leading edge do to the wheel well integrity, gasket or seal?

431 posted on 02/07/2003 2:43:34 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: wirestripper
Is that the same video? That's roughly were I saw the hit.
436 posted on 02/07/2003 3:49:59 PM PST by spunkets
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To: wirestripper
Hey it works. I downloaded the images, shrank them a little, and placed them side-by-side and used the old "free vision" or "magic-eye" technique to view them in 3-D. It makes it much more obvious what is going on with the direction and location of the foam.
454 posted on 02/07/2003 5:11:11 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
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