The Carbon Fibre he is using is prepreg. Unless you have an autoclave, vacuum press, or a large oven to cure in while vacuum molding, it's not going to do you any good.
Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Kurt Clement <kurtclem...@yahoo.com> writes: > I love meeting new people and tell them I am building a plane. Every > once in awhile I get a surprise. I was at my niece's wedding in > Seattle WA and I found out an old friend was a composite engineer at > Boeing. I had no idea. We talked about materials for a couple of > hours. I am going to hound him about getting some of their scraps. I > don't know if it will ever happen, but a guy can dream. He had a lot > of interesting information. Right now he is working on the > manufacturing process because the manual layup increases the > expenses to the point where the savings in weight are all lost. He > says that the composite they use is Carbon that has to be held in > sub zero temps until the time they actually lay it up and then they > have 5 days to lay it up and cure it at 350 degrees. He says they > pay about $100 a pound for the stuff and waste enough every day to > build a small plane. You see why I want to get my hands on some? > Anyway I am going to hit him up for more > information I just thought I would share some of the stuff I picked > up. He works at Boeing but doesn't really know about flying > characteristics beyond knowing he has to design for bird strikes and > the structural aspects are a completely different department. > > > -Kurt > 141 Hours in AZ > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > ____________________________________________________________ Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Dh4GRr5bId0mjdJN0hzBPPN04hSS5WOwiNMZIGk7z5CahAQETenj7o1SIgg/
