Harold Woods wrote: > Hi Netters. > The answer to the subject of this question becomes readily available > if the person involved will do the following experiment: > Take a piece of the blue styrofoam that is used for home insulation. > Cut it 1 foot wide, 1 foot long and use the type that is 1 inch > thick. Cover it with fibreglass cloth as you would your wing. Epoxy > the glass to the foam. After curing, place one end on the edge of one > chair and the other end on the edge of another chair. Sit in the > middle! It should take it. Now pour gasoline onto the blue foam to > dissolve it. Now it is gone. Repeat the experiment but this time > press down in the middle with your finger. You now have the answer to > your problem. The foam may be light , it may be frail but it servers > a very important purpose.
In other words, a cored composite structure's strength increases as the glass gets farther apart. -- Steve 33...@swbell.net N3343V- '75 C150M N205FT- KR1 #6170 He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.
