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[OT] What in the world...



Wasn't this the new "honeycomb titanium" design for F1 Racing? 4 times has
strong, 4 times as light ?

Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org

the material "unobtainium" was first used by Roger Penske and Mark
Donahue on the 1971 Can Am Porsche 917-30. They made the space frame out
of a different material and when people asked them what the material was
they responded "unobtanium" to let them know it was effing expensive and
they probably couldn't obtain it.
In actuality it was some mundane material like magnesium or titanium.
Pretty ho-hum today.
No clue what the shock shafts could be made from.
Dan