Carbon fiber skin

[AOG]

My question was just to use carbon fiber as a fabric without any idea to increase the strength. just a "Dacron remplacement"

Thank you for clarifying. Simply, no. There would be no advantage in performance, cost, durability or ease of application.

 

[Boscovius]

Considering CF sucks you down the rabbit hole. Descending... why not carbon/aramid fiber top coat blend? Then, why not make it structural? Why not integrate a carbon fiber sandwich skin structure to eliminate traditional front a rear spar structures? Why not integrate the fuel in that structure to reduce weight further? Why not integrate existing graphene resources to further reduce the carbon fiber "volume."

I am sure many of you have seen the DarkAero Project kids on YouTube. They are doing amazing things with Carbon Fiber. This is a link to there 100 lb wing for a long distance, high speed home build kit. I wish I was younger and richer.

I think this topic deserves it's own thread. There may be some of us who would like to discuss how this "Hollow Grid" carbon fiber/Sandwich panel wing structure could be used on a homebuilt. Maybe a mod could make that happen???

 

[BJC]

I think this topic deserves it's own thread. There may be some of us who would like to discuss how this "Hollow Grid" carbon fiber/Sandwich panel wing structure could be used on a homebuilt. Maybe a mod could make that happen???

You can start a thread.


BJC

 

[D Hillberg]

Do impact & drop tests with your seat, You'll not like it failing suddenly and cut up your butt.

Carbon has issues with human tissues after shards are exposed during failures