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Re: busting laminates

Posted By: Tapio Manner
Date: Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 1:10 p.m.

In Response To: busting laminates (lee)

: with all this talk about relative strengths of different layups has anyone
: out there down their own tests and come to any surprising conclusions? Have done, surprises are optional. Some years ago with a friend we tested half a dozen various laminate configurations for a kayak project. To put it shortly: most sensible laminates with carbon in them proved invariably strongest when tested in bending and drop weighted. The lightest single kayak came out at about 14 kg (with carbon) and with mostly glass about 18 kg. This with a touring construction. To get those you must use fabrics (not non-wovens) and preferably epoxy.

TLM

Messages In This Thread

busting laminates
lee -- Monday, 24 April 2000, at 10:12 p.m.

Re: busting kayaks
Ian Johnston -- Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 3:26 a.m.

Re: Testing Skins
Mike Hanks -- Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 11:55 a.m.

Re: Testing Skins
lee -- Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 10:10 p.m.

Re: busting laminates
Tapio Manner -- Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 1:10 p.m.

Re: busting laminates
lee -- Tuesday, 25 April 2000, at 10:13 p.m.

Re: busting laminates
Tapio Manner -- Wednesday, 26 April 2000, at 9:31 a.m.

Re: busting laminates
Nick Schade -- Friday, 28 April 2000, at 9:38 a.m.

Re: busting laminates
Tapio Manner -- Monday, 1 May 2000, at 1:24 p.m.

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