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Boeing demonstrates lightest metal ever
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| October 15, 2015
| Bob Yirka
Posted on 10/15/2015 10:44:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
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VIDEO AT LINK.......................
To: Red Badger
To: PalmettoMason
My thought as well..............but it’s not greenish-blue..............
Did you see the video of it resting on the top of a dandelion seed ball?...................
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:49:38 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: PalmettoMason
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:50:28 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: PalmettoMason
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:51:07 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Everyone entering NRA offices come out alive. Not so Planned Parenthood.)
To: Red Badger
I will bet that there were no muzzies on that team, but we will be told that they and other foreigners did all the heavy lifting.
To: Red Badger
so.....how do you pressurize it? looks like a glorified screen to me
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10/15/2015 10:55:04 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Red Badger
If that’s what they had to do just to produce these palm-sized pieces, then that just screams ‘large scale manufacturing issues’ to me.
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10/15/2015 10:55:48 AM PDT
by
alancarp
To: camle
Would probably be used as a skeleton for a foam polyester outer molding............................
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10/15/2015 10:55:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: Red Badger
Reardon metal could be cast, and acted like metal. This is apparently more of a styrofoamish product. I am not sure what is gained out of it being made from an actual metal alloy other than scientific curiosity.
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10/15/2015 10:56:44 AM PDT
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HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Red Badger
i’m sure they’d need some kind of skin to make it airtight
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10/15/2015 10:57:19 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: HiTech RedNeck
The tubes are hollow. The structure would be used as a skeleton for a molded final piece like re-bar in concrete........................
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posted on
10/15/2015 10:57:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: camle
Would not be used as a structural material. Only for inside the cabin, like doors for overhead compartments and liners......................
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10/15/2015 10:58:45 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: Red Badger
If that helped it still be stronger than straight cast metal for the final weight of the piece... I feel dubious but I might not understand.
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10/15/2015 11:02:23 AM PDT
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HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Red Badger
I think they use plastic for that now.
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10/15/2015 11:03:15 AM PDT
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HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Nearly EVERYTHING INVENTED was invented that way.
Most inventions do not begin with a scientist yelling “Eureka!” but rather instead thinking “hmmm... that’s funny”
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10/15/2015 11:04:14 AM PDT
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Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: Red Badger
When Boeing moves into China, the PRC will steal this. Then they will have Boeing sign over all patents In order to save money on labor Boeing will happily comply.
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10/15/2015 11:04:22 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(If God himself said every 50 years debt should be erased, and land returned, who am I to disagree?)
To: camle
looks like a glorified screen to me It's a matrix similar to cardboard. It's not really a "light metal," it's a new way of putting together existing materials.
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10/15/2015 11:04:25 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: ctdonath2
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posted on
10/15/2015 11:04:35 AM PDT
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Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: Red Badger
Hmmph! Not even much scrap value.
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10/15/2015 11:04:47 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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