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#840
by
edkyle99
on 04 Apr, 2017 17:29
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
- Ed Kyle
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#841
by
ChrisWilson68
on 04 Apr, 2017 18:33
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
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#842
by
Davidthefat
on 04 Apr, 2017 18:36
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
Like calling 787 a "plastic" plane...
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#843
by
ringsider
on 04 Apr, 2017 19:27
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
Technically he is correct though as it is CFRP - Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic or Polymer. Either is accurate.
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#844
by
edkyle99
on 04 Apr, 2017 20:06
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
Not meant as an insult. The first liquid fueled "plastic rocket" will make history. LauncherOne is plastic too!
- Ed Kyle
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#845
by
Katana
on 09 Apr, 2017 03:10
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
Like calling 787 a "plastic" plane...
F-18is often called "plastic bug"
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#846
by
CameronD
on 09 Apr, 2017 23:32
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Diminutive, battery powered, plastic rocket. This will be interesting.
Using the term "plastic" for carbon composite is not just unnecessarily insulting, it's also misleading at best and inaccurate at worst.
Like calling 787 a "plastic" plane...
F-18is often called "plastic bug"
Interesting.. given there is so little CF in an F-18.
By comparison, the 787 gets the "plastic plane' moniker by virtue of it being the first commercial aircraft
designed to be built using more CF composites than metal. ..which is also one reason (excessive weight) it took so long to get the first few literally off the ground.
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#847
by
Robotbeat
on 10 Apr, 2017 03:18
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More accurate to call it a graphite plane than plastic. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is still mostly carbon fiber (i.e. graphite fiber).
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#848
by
CameronD
on 11 Apr, 2017 00:40
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More accurate to call it a graphite plane than plastic. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is still mostly carbon fiber (i.e. graphite fiber).
Sure.. but (a) "plastic plane" rolls off journo's tongues a little easier than "graphite plane" and (b) after years of sucking on lead pencils, Joe Public probably wouldn't recognise graphite even if he saw it.
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#849
by
meekGee
on 12 Apr, 2017 16:15
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More accurate to call it a graphite plane than plastic. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is still mostly carbon fiber (i.e. graphite fiber).
Sure.. but (a) "plastic plane" rolls off journo's tongues a little easier than "graphite plane" and (b) after years of sucking on lead pencils, Joe Public probably wouldn't recognise graphite even if he saw it.
Carbon plane!
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#850
by
CameronD
on 13 Apr, 2017 01:12
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Carbon plane!
Where you been the last decade or so?
Carbon is a dirty word (physically and literally), don'tcha know?!? Think "
carbon dioxide", "
carbon emissions", "
carbon pollution"...
If the general public ever discover RL's shiny black missile is made of carbon[1] and is destined to either (a) burn up in the atmosphere or (b) pollute the Southern Ocean, their PR credits would go negative in a heartbeat.
[1] = See what I did there? I got this thread back on topic!
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#851
by
meekGee
on 13 Apr, 2017 02:32
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Carbon plane!
Where you been the last decade or so? Carbon is a dirty word (physically and literally), don'tcha know?!? Think "carbon dioxide", "carbon emissions", "carbon pollution"...
If the general public ever discover RL's shiny black missile is made of carbon[1] and is destined to either (a) burn up in the atmosphere or (b) pollute the Southern Ocean, their PR credits would go negative in a heartbeat.
[1] = See what I did there? I got this thread back on topic!
I know - 'twas in jest. "Carbon Plane" will be as successful as a lead zeppelin. (To mix my metaphors)
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#852
by
Katana
on 13 Apr, 2017 02:40
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Composite
Scaled Composites
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#853
by
CameronD
on 13 Apr, 2017 03:31
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Composite
Scaled Composites
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#854
by
ringsider
on 13 Apr, 2017 07:22
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#855
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 16 Apr, 2017 05:18
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#856
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 11 May, 2017 16:05
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#857
by
ringsider
on 11 May, 2017 19:36
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Rocket Lab has quietly set first test dates in a new NOTAM, 22 May - 3 June:-
NZ 106(T)/17 SOUTH PACIFIC – New Zealand – Hawke Bay, Bounty Islands and Southern Ocean. Rocket Launch and Space Debris
1. A hazardous rocket launch test operation will be taking place between 22 May and 3 June 2017 within the following zones: (Coords follow)
2. A marine reserve area will be in effect within Launch Hazard Area A in accordance with Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Navigation Safety Bylaw 2012 3.8.
3. Rocket Lab Range Control can be contacted in the vicinity of the Mahia Peninsula during launch operations on VHF...
4. Mariners are advised to exercise caution when navigating in and around the areas.
http://www.linz.govt.nz/sites/default/files/media/ntm/files/20170512-nz10-099109.pdfHere's a plot of the debris boxes, showing flight path:-
Distance to far end of the first box is 1020km downrange, furthest point is 2195km.
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#858
by
QuantumG
on 11 May, 2017 22:18
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Dates!
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#859
by
TrevorMonty
on 12 May, 2017 00:44
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