Posted on 07/13/2006 3:26:01 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
This is the real truth behind "AirBust" ;)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5140493079085653369&q=A350
Ouch baby, very ouch!
One thing I don't understand: the aluminum foil preceeding the vertical stabilizer labeled "glare". The one character said: "Careful, don't bend the glare!" (If I understood him correctly.)
Can anyone clue me in to what this means?
And a bump
Bump so I can watch it at home with sound.
Can anyone clue me in to what this means?
This is what I found via Google:
posted on 29-9-2005 at 09:49 PM (post id: 1739891) - single
GLARE vs. Carbon Composites
A few days ago, I read about GLARE a material created by a
Dutch company called TNO. It is a composite made of
aluminium sandwiched is fibreglass. Airbus is said to use
GLARE extensively on the A380, however there have reports
that the material did not live up to its hype, and that it
proved unsuccessful on the Beluga (Airbus cargo plane). The
reports indicate that the material has been scraped from
the A350. Does GLARE have a future?
You can read a bit more on the Wiki entry.
Very funny ping
Thanks.
I wonder what it means, for a material to be "proved unsuccessful". I, as an air traveler, depend on that material to be "sucessful" at holding the damn plane together!!!
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