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Re: Material: New material winners
By:Brian Scarborough
Date: 11/26/2009, 11:33 pm
In Response To: Material: New material winners (Paul Montgomery)

That S fiber stuff looks to be the same stuff as Spectra rope. (But I could be mistaken.)

Wasn't someone talking about it here, or on the QUSA forum? Questioning how well it would wet out in an epoxy application...

I think the consensus was that it wouldn't be tightly woven enough for SOF construction.

Brian

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Messages In This Thread

Material: New material winners
Paul Montgomery -- 11/25/2009, 7:52 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Brian Scarborough -- 11/26/2009, 11:33 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Johnathan Akers -- 11/28/2009, 2:37 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2009, 12:22 am
Re: Material: New material winners
Dave Gentry -- 11/26/2009, 2:04 pm
Seriously cool!
Brian Nystrom -- 11/26/2009, 11:08 am