On Jul 9, 2006, at 10:26 AM, J F wrote:
Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
from ice?
Picrete - a mix of water and sawdust frozen solid.
if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
minature 160M vertical.... ummm I've said too much
already
The designs for this aircraft carrier had miles of tubing running all
through the ship, in order to refrigerate the structure and keep it
frozen.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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