Impact? what impact?

[AllanB]

Interesting stuff.

Applications for motorcycles .........

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=949344168416246&set=vb.496865886997412&type=2&theater

[unstuck]

I want some. Maybe my ute wont dent when I drive into shit.:2thumbsup

[caspernz]

Haha, good stuff, but at the price of that crap it reminds of how the Yanks spent millions developing a pen that would work in outer space...where the Ruskies just used a pencil. :rolleyes:

[Tazz]

Reminds me of the mythbusters episode where they used rhino liner on a building then set off an 'IED' outside. The bricks crumbled within but still held their shape.

As mentioned though, and I think the rhino liner was the same, the price will outweigh the need. There are stronger materials already available that will cost less (as far as throwing shit off buildings and wanting it to survive goes anyway......)

Still cool though and wouldn't mind some on my fairings :lol:

[hayd3n]

get ya facts right
Haha, good stuff, but at the price of that crap it reminds of how the Yanks spent millions developing a pen that would work in outer space...where the Ruskies just used a pencil. :rolleyes:

:facepalm::facepalm:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/
and.... http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

[slofox]

Maybe my ute wont dent when I drive into shit.:2thumbsup

Too late for my wagon - every corner is fucked from me driving into stuff...

[Gremlin]

I want some. Maybe my ute wont dent when I drive into shit.:2thumbsup
but if you didn't drive into stuff in the first place... :scratch:

[Scubbo]

energy from impact gotta go somewhere --- still pretty slick stuff could see it having it's uses

[KiwiGeek]

What you don't see is what damage there is under the coating. And if memory serves me the weight of the coating on a vehicle would be massive.

[awa355]

energy from impact gotta go somewhere --- still pretty slick stuff could see it having it's uses

A vid about rhino lined motorbike tyres. Probably an old u tube posting. If the idea had've been a success, we would all have heard of the ty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GScWPb8qcngre.