Dennis Ferguson
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
On 2007-07-08, Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
>> On Jul 7, 7:25 pm, "Callistus Valerius" <jazzyb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Boeing is building it's new plane, the dreamliner, with carbon fiber.
>>> The wings, fuselage. The cf must be consiberably more impact resistent than
>>> bike frames, or this would be suicide for Boeing. Hell of a note, if you
>>> looked out the window and saw the wing suddenly break off in some
>>> turbulence. Even though steel is real, I think Boeing skipped steel, and
>>> went straight to aluminum. Titanium, is too expensive and I think is only
>>> used in military planes. Boeing has sold a boat load of these dreamliners
>>> on contract already, but they still don't have a flying one yet. So if you
>>> fly a lot, you might have trouble finding a flight that isn't in a
>>> dreamliner when they start filling the skies.
>>
>> Not a lot of aircraft anything is steel..Too heavy. Titanium in some
>> tubing and some high temp areas. Aluminum and carbon is just a better
>> choice. Airbus has had an aircraft with a composite tail and other
>> flight surfaces for a long time. Same for military aircraft like the
>> _F-18 series. Carpet fiber on aircraft is old news and Boeing sees a
>> way to make these aircract light and strong and more
>> efficient..something that needs to happen cuz fuel prices aren't going
>> to come down anytime soon.
>
> What needs to be done is to replace the short range flights with
> high-speed rail.
I can't imagine that would effect the 787 at all, however. It is a
big, two-aisle plane and I doubt anyone would use one for short range
flights.
> The high-speed rail would be more economically
> efficient (especially an inter-modal system that could replace most
> driving on freeways), have a lower environmental impact, and would avoid
> the need to wait in line for hours to be examined by TSA goons [1].
So I guess no one ever blows up trains? The last train trip I took
(London to Paris) had a security check with a queue which would have
made the TSA proud.
Dennis Ferguson
> Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
>> On Jul 7, 7:25 pm, "Callistus Valerius" <jazzyb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Boeing is building it's new plane, the dreamliner, with carbon fiber.
>>> The wings, fuselage. The cf must be consiberably more impact resistent than
>>> bike frames, or this would be suicide for Boeing. Hell of a note, if you
>>> looked out the window and saw the wing suddenly break off in some
>>> turbulence. Even though steel is real, I think Boeing skipped steel, and
>>> went straight to aluminum. Titanium, is too expensive and I think is only
>>> used in military planes. Boeing has sold a boat load of these dreamliners
>>> on contract already, but they still don't have a flying one yet. So if you
>>> fly a lot, you might have trouble finding a flight that isn't in a
>>> dreamliner when they start filling the skies.
>>
>> Not a lot of aircraft anything is steel..Too heavy. Titanium in some
>> tubing and some high temp areas. Aluminum and carbon is just a better
>> choice. Airbus has had an aircraft with a composite tail and other
>> flight surfaces for a long time. Same for military aircraft like the
>> _F-18 series. Carpet fiber on aircraft is old news and Boeing sees a
>> way to make these aircract light and strong and more
>> efficient..something that needs to happen cuz fuel prices aren't going
>> to come down anytime soon.
>
> What needs to be done is to replace the short range flights with
> high-speed rail.
I can't imagine that would effect the 787 at all, however. It is a
big, two-aisle plane and I doubt anyone would use one for short range
flights.
> The high-speed rail would be more economically
> efficient (especially an inter-modal system that could replace most
> driving on freeways), have a lower environmental impact, and would avoid
> the need to wait in line for hours to be examined by TSA goons [1].
So I guess no one ever blows up trains? The last train trip I took
(London to Paris) had a security check with a queue which would have
made the TSA proud.
Dennis Ferguson