Fantasy fluff, in my humble opinion.
Also borrowed from another board........
Right, and I have a carburetor that gets 200 miles a gallon in my F-250, 4WD pick-up. And I do have a few comments.
Who at Boeing has accepted the merits of Electriplast? Who at the FAA has accepted the merits of Electriplast? Who, anywhere, has accepted the merits of Electriplast?
"Integral has developed a moldable conductive plastic, named ElectriPlast(TM), a polymer blend that can be used to conduct electricity and is, on average, 80% lighter than copper or other metals used in wiring and battery designs."
You want numbers? How can a product, any product, that contains 30-40% copper (and 60-70% resin....which is not without a weight of it`s own) end up weighing 80% less than copper? It is physically impossible. Period!! Not to mention fatigue and exposure to extreem temperature fluctuations.
More numbers...........Cost and performance make up 80% of the value of a replacement technology. Not a new technology. Electriplast only replaces metal equivalents after all. Look at their patents. Look at their claims. LOW COST, blah, blah, blah, MADE FROM CONDUCTIVE LOADED RESIN-BASED MATERIALS.
So, why, after four years.....six if you include Plastenna, has not a single customer stepped forward? Not 20%. Not 10%. Not even 1%. ZERO.
"ElectriPlast does what no plastic has done before: it can carry electrical currents as capably as copper. Lightweight, versatile, and inexpensive to produce"
Back to the fatigue and temperature fluctuation testing.....Boeing does that with whole airframes on every new model. And they do it with computer modeling, so they can do it in hours or days rather than years. Not to mention the FAA, since electricity runs most all of the flight controls........Oops!
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