Comment Duck! Flying toilets! (Score 1) 124
"Off-the-shelf" wasn't an option here, although you're correct about the costs of starting a production line for short product runs.
These 'toilet seats' were in fact one-piece molded toilet _stalls_ for use in B-52 bombers. Imagine a flying porta-john, if you will, now mil-spec it and only order a couple dozen. I'm amazed it only cost $1000.
The "$1000 toilet seat" myth sticks around mainly because it's fun to make fun of the DoD.
These 'toilet seats' were in fact one-piece molded toilet _stalls_ for use in B-52 bombers. Imagine a flying porta-john, if you will, now mil-spec it and only order a couple dozen. I'm amazed it only cost $1000.
The "$1000 toilet seat" myth sticks around mainly because it's fun to make fun of the DoD.
