To: JBW1949
A panel with switches, knobs and such was what looked like walnut wood.... Phenolic composite. It's brown. Looks like wood. Was very highly regarded in aerospace and electronics back then. Has since been overtaken by fiberglass composites and carbon-fiber composites in the decades since.
17 posted on
06/17/2024 6:18:41 AM PDT by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
Really????
OK, thanks...I remember looking there and thinking “wood in a spacecraft”!!!! LOL
21 posted on
06/17/2024 6:24:23 AM PDT by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: NorthMountain
Phenolic resin was the polymer of choice for the early M-16’s furniture. It proved to be too brittle in combat and has since been replaced.
CC
27 posted on
06/17/2024 7:09:39 AM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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