[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Y'all.... I just getting ready to place an order for a new Looksha 4, with their new Carbon Lay-up..... It's my understanding from Necky that these boats are NOT pure carbon-fiber, but rather they are using Carbon Fiber where they traditionally used Kevlar; in addition, they are using some type of infusion method to manage some of the issues raised here, like impact resistance; apparently, a similar technology is used for aircraft, and is quite durable..... So as Necky goes high tech, I wonder how my new boat will behave when it goes airborne in the surf!!!! simeon On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 02:06 PM, Nick Schade wrote: > Carbon fiber is very strong with static loads but is not very good in > impact.<snip> > > On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 07:33 PM, Strosaker wrote: >> >> The thick full carbon fiber lay-up sounds good, but I am wondering >> about >> impact resistance in expedition and surf settings. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 09 2003 - 15:33:40 PDT
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