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Recent content by Langer
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
@formula409 - Thank you sir ;) - Been busy learning, good to be back posting. @Jesse B - Lets hope there will be no-more bangs. Haha. Thanks a lot. @mannyman - Actually I openly give away the plans for this case to anyone who has requested it. I ask only to see credit where it's due. I would... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
SO it turns out making large aerogel monoliths is an incredible challenge in engineering, patience, and chemistry. I can make little beads and small pieces all day long... I'd even go so far as to say I have the 'gel' making process down to an art. BUT, Manufacturing the large chunks I envision... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
@Jesse B - Thanks a lot, again. The factory is in Burlington, Ontario. I've been asked quite a bit about it, so I've uploaded some images of the surface of the panels. It's very hard to capture... but the 'woodgrain' effect you see on pieces labeled "current" is still very much visible... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
@formula409 - Thanks for the query. I know exactly where the aerogel will end up... but that's a surprise. The aerogel I'll be making is a Hydrophobic Subcritically-Dried Silica Aerogel. @Power5 - Thank you for the suggestion, I agree totally... that would have been much cooler. @Crosshair -... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
A quick search shows that it takes about 8550Psi to stop a 50cal slug... so I'd imagine it wouldn't have much trouble passing though these panels (jeeze that's a lot of force!) However the panels we're processed @ ~30,000psi during manufacturing... what that actually means when compared to a... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
Made them, only I did it in a carbon fiber factory, during their holiday down-time, -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
*I forgot to add the result: RESULT - Each of the 6panels used to construct Helios contains 718,800,000 individual 42" long fibers - each approximately 1/50,000th the width of a human hair and each with a strength of about 48,000 kN·m·kg−1 (High carbon steel is rated about 154... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
I've been asked some questions regarding the struggles in creating the panels used to construct Helios... so here is goes. I will elaborate with a photo walkthrough when I can find the opportunity in the next few weeks. Material Composition: Base Materials: - Carbon - Nickel - Lithium -... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
@formula409 - Thanks a lot man, much appreciated. @Jesse B - :) Thank you for your support. Whats next? I hear you asking. 1) Resurfacing the panels - this will be done by squeezing each piece for a few seconds at ~200,000lbs in a press heated to ~400degress. The pieces will be pressed... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
I've been diligently plugging away. I decided to trade in the project log for a big bang at the end. Many issues arose when fabricating the 8mm thick panels - there was a great numbers of unsuccessful trials before arriving at the solution seen in the images below. A total of 64 layers were... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
That's all I have to share for today. I'll have the revised model as well as some renderings to show you all next week. As well, next week, I'll share some pictures of the manufacturing process behind the composite panels. Perhaps even some shots of them being CNC cut to spec. *j -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
I've been working with an engineer, and friend of mine named John Dalton, who has graciously offered up some time to throw together a 3D mock-up. He sent me off the first revision of his model today. There are couple of minor errors, due to my vague explanations: -In this model the motherboard... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
INITIAL CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION: Using Adobe's Illustrator I created a couple rough perspective drawings, so that I could get a better idea of the concept in my head: -At this point the plan was to construct the case in Aluminum. REVISION 1.0: REVISION 2.0: After talking with the community... -
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
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Project HELIOS - Invocation Begins 10.01.10
Concept, Design and Planning First Stage 3D Mockups