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Re: Material: is CF lighter>
By:Sam McFadden
Date: 10/31/2003, 10:15 am
In Response To: Material: is CF lighter> (Jay Doorly)

: I don't get it, I must be missin somethin. How can using carbon fiber fabric
: make a boat lighter when the CF is the same weight as fiberglass? I
: understand that it is stronger, and I could understand using 3oz CF in
: place of 6oz fiberglass to save weight. But I can't find any CF less than
: 5.5oz! So wuts up wi da?

Jay,

In addition to 5.5 oz of CF weighing nearly the same as 6 oz of glass, if you achieve the same resin volume fraction with both the CF and the glass, the CF lay-up will weigh significantly more than the glass lay-up.

Sam

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Material: is CF lighter>
Jay Doorly -- 10/31/2003, 2:53 am
Summary
Jay Doorly -- 11/1/2003, 1:15 am
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Sam McFadden -- 11/1/2003, 10:35 am
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Chuck -- 10/31/2003, 7:33 pm
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LeeG -- 10/31/2003, 10:29 am
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Sam McFadden -- 10/31/2003, 10:15 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 10/31/2003, 12:43 pm
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mike loriz -- 10/31/2003, 2:11 pm
How about Spectra??
Mike and Rikki -- 11/1/2003, 1:00 pm
Re: How about Spectra??
mike loriz -- 11/1/2003, 4:13 pm
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ChrisO -- 10/31/2003, 11:58 am
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srchr/gerald -- 10/31/2003, 5:36 pm
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srchr/gerald -- 10/31/2003, 12:15 pm
Re: Why?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/31/2003, 10:27 am
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Sam McFadden -- 10/31/2003, 4:16 pm
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Ted Henry -- 10/31/2003, 10:45 am
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Kyle T -- 10/31/2003, 11:31 am
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Ted Henry -- 10/31/2003, 2:32 pm
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Kyle T -- 10/31/2003, 3:20 pm
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Kyle T -- 10/31/2003, 8:09 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 10/31/2003, 5:02 am
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JeffHouser -- 10/31/2003, 11:31 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 10/31/2003, 12:54 pm
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ChrisO -- 10/31/2003, 1:09 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/31/2003, 6:32 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/31/2003, 5:48 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 10/31/2003, 12:03 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/31/2003, 6:20 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 11/1/2003, 1:05 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/1/2003, 11:49 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 11/2/2003, 1:50 am
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LeeG -- 10/31/2003, 10:32 am