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Re: Body Replacement/ carbon? why????

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Re: Body Replacement/ carbon? why????

--- In highefficiencyvehicles@yahoogroups.com, Timothy <flytcher@...> wrote:
>
> graphite Greg?

Yup, uniaxial tow is often called graphite tow eg

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cmpages/yarntow.php

Cheers

Greg

Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:51 pm

"Greg Locock" <greglocock@...>

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I'd like to know who says carbon fiber is really that much "better" then just fiberglass??? ok it is a little bit higher on the strength to weight... but is...	Timothy flytcher	Jun 20, 2009 5:17 am
... Good point Tim. I have been involved in the design and build of a carbon fibre car, and I doubt anyone could make effective use of CF for one without a lot...	Greg Locock greglocock	Jun 22, 2009 1:30 am
graphite Greg? LOLMy point is it need not be anything more exotic then glass cloth and epoxy resin over extruded poly styrene... that's what I like to...	Timothy flytcher	Jun 22, 2009 3:46 am
... Yup, uniaxial tow is often called graphite tow eg http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cmpages/yarntow.php Cheers Greg...	Greg Locock greglocock	Jun 28, 2009 11:51 pm
that should read: and as you implied, with carbon , you have to do a lot of engineering just to get close to taking advantage of ANY savings in weight...	Timothy flytcher	Jun 22, 2009 3:57 am
High strength (470,000 PSI) carbon fibers are used as reinforcement in high performance structural composites for aircraft applications, recreational and...	Timothy flytcher	Jun 29, 2009 12:36 am