aeroplane ID?

[962 kid]

Well not really an entire plane... just a section of the fuselage. Saw this just as I was leaving the Museum of Flight in Seattle, it was sitting off at the side of some completely empty parking lot.

What's this? looks like a woodie airplane...

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690262_400.jpg

Advanced Composite Tech? hrm...

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690263_703.jpg

That's not wood... looks more like composite to me

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690261_144.jpg

Yup definitely CF in here

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690255_8395.jpg

whole fuselage is like this:

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690256_8716.jpg

honeycomb floorboard:

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690258_9282.jpg

apparently, this was the forward top quadrant

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690260_9839.jpg

couple of these cracks all around:

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690257_8976.jpg

So yeah pretty cool I thought, seeing as I have no idea wtf it is :p

[5.0]

nice man, im actaully going there next weekend, how was the trip?

[962 kid]

Originally posted by 5.0
nice man, im actaully going there next weekend, how was the trip?

good, as long as you stay North of Cali haha. We went down to LA, it was 40+ degrees there, stupid hot. Stopped by infineon and went drag racing which was pretty cool. Weather here is awesome though, and a ton of cool stuff to do.

[BlackArcher101]

Looks a little narrow to be 787 (18 ft, 11in), but the scale is somewhat deceiving. I'm comparing it to the parking stall lines which might be 18-20ft.

Gotta be a 787 section though unless they are looking at full composite variations of past designs. Whatever it is, it sure is a work of art.

[Tik-Tok]

Probably a BBJ, they're planning a fully composite fuselage. I thought it might be the 7E7 section they did a couple years back, but it was fully painted etc.

[962 kid]

Originally posted by BlackArcher101
Looks a little narrow to be 787 (18 ft, 11in), but the scale is somewhat deceiving. I'm comparing it to the parking stall lines which might be 18-20ft.

Gotta be a 787 section though unless they are looking at full composite variations of past designs. Whatever it is, it sure is a work of art.

that sounds about right for the size...

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4513/img0370sd4.jpg

[BlackArcher101]

That pic looks a lot better for scale. Hard to believe they are going to put seats in there 9 wide with 2 aisles.
Have any more photos?

[benyl]

This looks like a kevlar weave to me:

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690261_144.jpg

and this is carbon kevlar:

http://photos-837.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v122/63/120/120605837/n120605837_31690256_8716.jpg