What is this? - Page 41

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2009, 10:32 AM

Concrete. :p

glatt · 02-23-2009, 10:37 AM

I had to look up what the material pictured is, and was somewhat surprised to see that it is polyurethane foam. I thought it was ceramic, but needed to double check.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2009, 10:41 AM

Really? Phony concrete then.

glatt · 02-23-2009, 10:44 AM

Well, they were trying to save money.

Want any hints?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2009, 10:59 AM

Nah, let it go awhile and see what guesses come up.

Shawnee123 · 02-23-2009, 11:59 AM

Something for acoustics?

wolf · 02-23-2009, 12:35 PM

Park bench/table next to a wall.

glatt · 02-23-2009, 12:52 PM

Hint: It glides.

wolf · 02-23-2009, 01:27 PM

Uh, a glider? (porch glider. outdoor couch with swinginess)

glatt · 02-23-2009, 01:38 PM

Nope. It glides through the air.

It's foam, but the foam is just the outer skin. It's metal underneath.

If it looks big, that's because it is big.

Shawnee123 · 02-23-2009, 01:43 PM

Space capsule?

glatt · 02-23-2009, 01:48 PM

Good enough!

It's the flaps from the wing of the Enterprise space shuttle and the side of the tail. The Enterprise never flew in space, so it had no engines and the heat tiles were made only of foam. (I didn't know that.) But it flew several missions in the Earth's atmosphere, taken up onto the back of a 747 and gliding down.

See the yellow circle for the area of the shot.

classicman · 02-23-2009, 02:28 PM

Wow - very cool.

Shawnee123 · 02-23-2009, 06:04 PM

Where did you see that? Did you get to see inside?

I think I need to hit the Air Force museum this summer.

Happy Monkey · 02-23-2009, 07:34 PM

I'm surprised the gaps between tiles are so pronounced.

02-23-2009, 10:32 AM	#601
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Concrete. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2009, 10:41 AM	#603
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Really? Phony concrete then. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2009, 10:59 AM	#605
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nah, let it go awhile and see what guesses come up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2009, 11:59 AM	#606
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Something for acoustics? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-23-2009, 12:35 PM	#607
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Park bench/table next to a wall. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-23-2009, 10:37 AM	#602
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had to look up what the material pictured is, and was somewhat surprised to see that it is polyurethane foam. I thought it was ceramic, but needed to double check.

02-23-2009, 10:44 AM	#604
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, they were trying to save money. Want any hints?

02-23-2009, 12:52 PM	#608
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hint: It glides.

02-23-2009, 01:27 PM	#609
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Uh, a glider? (porch glider. outdoor couch with swinginess) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-23-2009, 01:38 PM	#610
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nope. It glides through the air. It's foam, but the foam is just the outer skin. It's metal underneath. If it looks big, that's because it is big.

02-23-2009, 01:43 PM	#611
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Space capsule? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-23-2009, 01:48 PM	#612
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good enough! It's the flaps from the wing of the Enterprise space shuttle and the side of the tail. The Enterprise never flew in space, so it had no engines and the heat tiles were made only of foam. (I didn't know that.) But it flew several missions in the Earth's atmosphere, taken up onto the back of a 747 and gliding down. See the yellow circle for the area of the shot. Attached Images

02-23-2009, 02:28 PM	#613
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wow - very cool. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-23-2009, 06:04 PM	#614
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Where did you see that? Did you get to see inside? I think I need to hit the Air Force museum this summer. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-23-2009, 07:34 PM	#615
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'm surprised the gaps between tiles are so pronounced. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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