why carbon fiber??
07-20-2004, 02:13 AM
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why carbon fiber??
ok here's the deal - I'm a college graduate from a course called aircraft structural repair, and in that I've built up a lot of time working with composets.
With that knowledge, I was wondering - why are all the hoods, trunks, doors, etc. available from the aftermarket always carbon fiber??
Why isn't there someone out there making these peices from kevlar? it'd be a far superior material for these applications, as it is more flexible than c/f, giving it superior strength in impacts(cf is relatively brittle and will crack), has the same low weight, and won't corrode metal(cf causes rapid and severe corrosion when it is in contact with metals, especially steel... byebye mounting brackets)
and here's the real reason for it... it costs about 1/3 what cf does. not as cheap as fibreglass, but still!
personally, I just think it's a marketing gimmick; people crave carbon for it's looks and the image it creats more so than it's functionality.
With that knowledge, I was wondering - why are all the hoods, trunks, doors, etc. available from the aftermarket always carbon fiber??
Why isn't there someone out there making these peices from kevlar? it'd be a far superior material for these applications, as it is more flexible than c/f, giving it superior strength in impacts(cf is relatively brittle and will crack), has the same low weight, and won't corrode metal(cf causes rapid and severe corrosion when it is in contact with metals, especially steel... byebye mounting brackets)
and here's the real reason for it... it costs about 1/3 what cf does. not as cheap as fibreglass, but still!
personally, I just think it's a marketing gimmick; people crave carbon for it's looks and the image it creats more so than it's functionality.
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