Wa-el is an Egyptian entrepreneur whose background is in composite materials, but whose soul lives in motorcars.
Made from composite materials, the 787 is the first mid-size airplane capable of flying long-range routes.
But this is the first commercial airplane to be made with 50 percent composite materials.
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The fibre composite materials have their roots in the world of Formula 1, among other areas.
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Boeing said the plane, built largely of composite materials, would leapfrog advanced technologies at Airbus.
The 787 is the world's first airliner whose structure is made mostly from lightweight composite materials.
The D8.5 (similar, but constructed from composite materials expected to be available by 2035) would burn 71% less.
The 787 is the first airliner made mostly from lightweight composite materials, which increases an aircrafts fuel efficiency.
Japan is a big supplier of composite materials for commercial and military jets.
That means no pumps, and allows light, composite materials to be used for its tanks a considerable saving in weight.
But the advent of modern composite materials has reignited interest in the field.
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He runs advanced composite materials, which makes a kind of artificial diamond used to cut and shape jet engine parts.
It also increases the use of costly carbon-fiber body panels (the hood and roof) and other composite materials, to save weight.
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The 787 is made from light and strong composite materials that allow higher cabin pressure and humidity, adding to passengers' comfort.
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It is the world's first airliner made mostly from lightweight composite materials.
Part of the Dreamliner's appeal to airlines is its increased fuel efficiency due to its construction of lightweight composite materials instead of metal.
Rather than seek economies through scale, the 787 will deliver economy through technological innovation, making the most of newly designed, fuel-efficient twin engines and lightweight composite materials.
One of the ways that Chapman added lightness to his cars, the use of composite materials such as carbon fibre and glass-reinforced plastic, is not that practical either.
As the first major airliner to use lightweight composite materials for most of its construction, the 787 Dreamliner also promised 20% better fuel economy and 30% lower maintenance costs.
Airbus' A380 superjumbo and Boeing's upcoming 787 Dreamliner both use new engine designs, lightweight composite materials and advances in aerodynamics to improve performance, increase fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
The composite materials are much lighter than traditional metal (though equally as sturdy), enabling planes to be a little larger and thus more spacious while still consuming the same amount of fuel.
The Dreamliner's use of lightweight composite materials to greatly improve fuel economy has made it a big seller in Asia and the Middle East, where long-haul flights account for much of an airline's business.
At the ceremony Boeing affirmed that the virgin test flight of the world's first big airliner to be made largely of composite materials, rather than aluminium, would take place by the end of June.
Japan is also working on a new rocket engine using composite materials from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries and the first infrared seekers, made by Fujitsu, that can see in two colors to distinguish decoys from warheads.
So far, the company has built a one-eighth-size prototype to test its design, which consists of a carbon-fibre keel, an envelope made from modern composite materials, half-a-dozen engines, a passenger compartment, and a specially lightened crane.
As the team reports in a forthcoming issue of Langmuir, a journal devoted to the study of colloids, the new technique allows them to build composite materials with custom-designed features as tiny as the diameter of a human hair.
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Worldwide, airlines have been slowly but steadily putting into operation two next-generation aircraft -- Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 -- both of which have shells made heavily of composite materials, such as carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, instead of aluminium.
Japan is also working on a new rocket engine using composite materials (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), the first infrared seekers (Fujitsu) to see in two colors to distinguish decoys from warheads, and a kinetic warhead that rams into missiles directly rather than exploding nearby.
Since the robocasting machine allows the researchers to manipulate several inks at once, they are able to make new kinds of composite materials this way interlacing the filigrees, and even leaving holes in the material if that helps to arrive at the desired properties.
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But in Toulouse last week Tom Williams, Airbus's head of manufacturing, dropped a hint that the firm's other factory in Britain (at Filton, near Bristol) could lose to French or German plants when Airbus starts making wing panels from composite materials rather than aluminium.
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