Category Archives: carbon composite

What about wooden bullets? (Maybe not enough wood in those to do the trick though…) Any thoughts? The vampire apocalypse is coming, and I want to be sure I’m prepared with the right equipment. A carbon fiber composite stake with … Continue reading →

The more I think about it, the more it seems the carbon fibre material is used as a marketing ploy as opposed to an actual legitimate technological advance. I could be wrong but the cabin pressure change doesn’t seem revolutionary. … Continue reading →

I suspect the amount of dollars going into Research for the different branches to rank in this order: AF,Navy,Army,Marines But not everyone is using PAN based CF like crazy due to high costs… How would CF be used in the … Continue reading →

There really isn’t a category for this but there should be one for R/C aircraft. I have the micro helicopters and am considering making the blades. It’s a simple matter to reproduce the angle and cover it with the vinyl … Continue reading →

i was wondering if anybody had heard of using carbon fiber in an elastomer(or a flexable poly-Urethane) matrix. a product I am thinking about trying to make is often made out of tri-axial fiberglass in an epoxy resin matrix, the … Continue reading →

Is it stainless steel, carbon composite, titanium, or what? A table of materials measured in PSI please? Spider web silk.

i want to know how we can produce these materials Lactic acid –> You can use lactic acid bacteria to make lactic acid. What they will do is feed on a carbohydrate eg glucose UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS (no oxygen) then … Continue reading →

carbon fiber has low compressive strength. It can only be applied in members subjected to tension.

Without nuclear weapons, most of the technological advances since WWII would never have been made. No TV, no PC, no cell-phone, no Tang. There certainly would have been technological advances, but nothing approaching what has actually happened. This is because … Continue reading →

While listening to an aeronautical program the host began to explain composites. You know, "What are composites?", "What is an example of a composite?" … etc. … Then she began to name examples of composites. I next overheard her say … Continue reading →