Air Force tests modified polyester system for front line vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft landing sites; dust and debris from operating VTOL aircraft can obscure pilot's vision, reveal position to enemy, cause structural damage, and be ingested into engine and cause failure; required landing site preparation material must harden quickly, resist jet engine blasts of 1300 to 3000 F, be inexpensive and nontoxic, and be easily applied; modified polyester resin hardens in 15 min after addition of catalyst.
VTOL aircraft blast-off from plastic pads
Plastics Design Processing
Plastics Design and Processing ; 6 , n 11
1966
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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