Why are'nt there any carbon fibre fuselages ?

[Pete Cosky]

It's been my experience that Kevlar is cheper by about $2 a yard as compared 
to CF.

Pete
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hitesh Gajjar" <hitesh at salt.ac.za>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:00
Subject: RE: Why are'nt there any carbon fibre fuselages ?


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Pascoe,Tim
> [Burlington]
> Sent: 23 March 2005 03:51 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> 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-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> 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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