Why are'nt there any carbon fibre fuselages ?

[Hitesh Gajjar]

Hi,

I'm pretty sure that carbon fibre is cheaper or at least as expensive as the
kevlar used in latest designs. From my current fus, I can tell that the
kevlar sections are alot more flexible than the carbon fibre parts which are
really stiff. Is the inherent flexibility a good thing and part of the
design ?

Cheers,
Hitesh

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[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Pascoe,Tim
[Burlington]
Sent: 23 March 2005 03:51 PM
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Subject: RE: Why are'nt there any carbon fibre fuselages ?


Hitesh,

	There was a design built at Perdue as a student project several
years a go called Hyperion. All carbon fiber, and I must admit it looked
cool. However, I suspect that cost is the biggest factor in doing this.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/Courses/Raisbeck/projects_html

	Tim Pascoe


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Hitesh Gajjar
Sent: March 23, 2005 8:42 AM
To: NSRCA
Subject: Why are'nt there any carbon fibre fuselages ?


Hi,

I'm wondering why there aren't any full carbon fibre fuselages - is the
reason weight, strength or radio interference ? If it's radio
interference,
would putting the aerial in the wing not solve it, and then making it
pluggable. Just wondering.

Cheers,
Hitesh

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