WW2 Ice Aircraft Carrier

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#61

If your not careful im going to have to award you the site grumpy ass award.

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#62

If your not careful im going to have to award you the site grumpy ass award.

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That was not meant to come across as grumpy or sarcastic! Merely a statement of fact.

#63

For a moment there I thought Crab has hijacket your account :lol:

#64

If your not careful im going to have to award you the site grumpy ass award.

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That was not meant to come across as grumpy or sarcastic! Merely a statement of fact.[/quote]

Ah just giving ya shit. No worries. :wink:

#65

I’ve had it outside since about 4:30PM yesterday. Today when I got home from school (3:00PM) I checked if it was still there. Most of the block had melted into a mess of wet, shredded newpaper, but there was a chunk about the size of my forearm that is still to be melted. When something that is frozen can withstand 20+ hours of being outside in Texas (it was about 70 degrees most of the day), it has gained my resepect. My hat’s off to Geoffrey Pyke.

#66

Wow, it still has some that hasnt melted for 20 hrs and it was 70 degrees outside! I’m gonna give this peice of pykrete a salute!

#67

It melted at about 6:00PM today, and now it’s just a giant pile of mush. I’m going to leave it there untill it dries so I can just pick it up in one clump :smiley:

#68

Mind it doesn’t set like, er… concrete.

Depending on the surface it’s on, this papier mache can stick to the deck like the proverbial to a blanket.

#69

It’s lying on dirt.

#70

How come these were not ever constructed. Seeing as ice/pykrite is 100x stronger then steel?

the large carrier to the left is the pykrite, the right, modern steel ww2 carrier.

#71

Ummm… probably because it isn’t actually anywhere near as strong as steel - it is however rather less dense which lets you use more of it. The construction and maintenence problems are fierce, particularly for a new technology in wartime.

#72

well, no really in bulk amounts the ice is way stronger then steel. if theres explosion against the ice, i.e. torpedo, it doesnt create a gapping hole, just more of a fracture. See ice, well stays very strong, even when its near liquifing temperatures. Where as metal, starts to bend and break. Ice stays strong. And say a bomb falls on the flight deck, it reacts like if a bomb hits the ground, so to fix it, you just pour in the some water bring up some freezers from below deck and easily fix the wound.

#73

ah well looky what i found

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/235665/2_million_ton_pykrete_aircraft_carrier_in_ww2/

#74

Several threads from 2005 and 2006 archives have been merged here following a recent thread opened by strangy.
Also the thread resulted was moved.

#75

How about in the tropics?

#76

well, according to the video, the thing was a floating refrigerator that kept itself cold and could stay at seas for years. Amazing, its too bad we will never see one sailing the oceans. That would be a sight to see.

#77

I think there’s a reason that icebergs don’t threaten shipping in the equatorial regions.

As for using onboard equipment to repair damage, the energy demand would be phenomenal.

#78

And what exactly do you think the damage to “bulk amounts” of steel would be?

#79

Update: For anyone interested, there is a BBC 7 dramatisation of the Habbakuk project/life of Geoffrey Pyke at the following link. It’s only live until this time next week however so if you’re interested get your skates on.
Needs RealPlayer…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/thursday/rams/0500.ram

#80

Got the book on the “bat bomb”,very boring book but it actually worked well.
They tested single bat-bomb on a brand new reserve army air field in CA or AZ and burned the place down.The post was brand new and Army was very
upset:shock: