: A friend and I were talking about the application of carbon fiber in musical
: instrument design. I mentioned that I had planned to use it in my Cirrus
: (as Vaclav recommends) and he questioned the reasoning behind using it.
: According to this friend the only advantge to using CF is if you can have
: it under extremely high pressure as it sets. He said there was really no
: structural advantage to using CF over glass unless you had the means to
: apply such pressure.

: Any thoughts?

Several composite books say the physical properties of hand laid carbon fiber are close to hand laid E-glass.

Most composite books do not deal with hand laid properties.

: Thanks, Dave