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October 4th 07, 06:08 AM
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Aluminum composite reportedly stronger, lighter than carbon
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"Wayne Paul" wrote: I just saw the following on rec.aviation.soaring and thought it might be of interest to this group. From the Delft University: http://www.compositesworld.com/news/...October/112036 Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder They have to get the Young's Modulus to match, otherwise either the aluminum or the matrix material will be carrying most of the load. Anything coming from anything labeled "Green" is automatically suspect, in my book, until I see a second (or third) opinion. 
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