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<<Having spent many hours doing layups in both carbon fiber and e-glass, I
have come to the conclusion that if I were to build another glass airplane,
I would throw the e-glass away, and do everything in carbon fiber (I'd use
glass where antennas need to work.)>>
Yes, but...In an all-carbon structure there is no question. But if one were
to build a glass aircraft and then use carbon for all the assembly joints I
would be afraid that the elastic modulus miss-match could cause problems.
As I recall, carbon composites have a modulus something like twice that of
glass and therefore, the joint will not flex with the rest of the structure,
causing stress concentrations at the joint. I know that on my ES there are
several glass-to-carbon joints and I can only assume that this stress
concentration was figured into the design.
Gary Casey
ES project, still chasing bubbles
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