I just picture foam falling off inside the tank and clogging up the engine in mid flight. I can just see the shuttle taking off and 30 seconds into flight the primary booster sputtering and shutting down. Of course the foam would probably disintegrate when it came into contact with the fuel, but the mixture of foam and fuel could add that extra chemical boost to get a few extra horse power out of the engines. Did I mention that I am not a rocket scientist? I know its hard to believe... these things just pop in my head.
I always wondered why they didn't skin or wrap something over the foam. I would think a thin wrap of Mylar or some other lightweight yet strong film could be used, of course I am not a rocket scientist. Heck, just wrap the sucker in Saran wrap or duct tape. Even better, just have Trojan make a booster sized condom.
Airspan makes a WiMAX unit that operates in the 700mhz band (google airspan 700mhz). I have not used it, but it is available.
I think the bigger problem is actually getting the license, unless you can lease it from an existing license holder. From what I understand, the license is very expensive and has a lot of strings attached (ie coverage requirements).
Does anyone here have any first hand knowledge of the 700mhz license?
How about putting a dedicated gaming console OS at the BIOS level, kinda like the Splashtop software. You could boot into standard PC mode or console gaming mode. One downside (there would probably be many) would be that user X's quad graphics card rig would perform the same as user Y's mid-range card. Heck, take it one step further and emulate Xbox and/or Playstation consoles there.
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Yeah, I was kinda thinking a bigger version of the mosquito laser that was posted a couple of weeks ago.
I just picture foam falling off inside the tank and clogging up the engine in mid flight. I can just see the shuttle taking off and 30 seconds into flight the primary booster sputtering and shutting down. Of course the foam would probably disintegrate when it came into contact with the fuel, but the mixture of foam and fuel could add that extra chemical boost to get a few extra horse power out of the engines. Did I mention that I am not a rocket scientist? I know its hard to believe... these things just pop in my head.
I always wondered why they didn't skin or wrap something over the foam. I would think a thin wrap of Mylar or some other lightweight yet strong film could be used, of course I am not a rocket scientist. Heck, just wrap the sucker in Saran wrap or duct tape. Even better, just have Trojan make a booster sized condom.
I find that a roll of medical cloth tape works pretty good for labeling drives. It seems to handle day to day handling pretty well, although YMMV.
Airspan makes a WiMAX unit that operates in the 700mhz band (google airspan 700mhz). I have not used it, but it is available. I think the bigger problem is actually getting the license, unless you can lease it from an existing license holder. From what I understand, the license is very expensive and has a lot of strings attached (ie coverage requirements).
Does anyone here have any first hand knowledge of the 700mhz license?
How about putting a dedicated gaming console OS at the BIOS level, kinda like the Splashtop software. You could boot into standard PC mode or console gaming mode. One downside (there would probably be many) would be that user X's quad graphics card rig would perform the same as user Y's mid-range card. Heck, take it one step further and emulate Xbox and/or Playstation consoles there.