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To: sloop

F1 Motorsports pioneered CF 15+yrs ago, but it’s being surpassed by nano-fiber technology, still in R&D stages, IINM.


60 posted on 07/23/2012 6:09:54 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (All libs and most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
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To: carriage_hill
it might cure cancer - no plane uses it right now

more and more are using carbon fiber - some in the fuselage

i’d be curious what a bullet through the carbon fiber would do at fl510 - compared to traditional construction

62 posted on 07/23/2012 6:14:27 PM PDT by sloop (don't touch my junk)
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