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Thank you for my word of the day. I had to look it up. I have not see this type of deposit/crystallization inside a sandwich laminate regardless...
Freeze-Thaw Brief Review Freeze Thaw behavior inside a fiber-composites and wood has similar behavior. Water when frozen expands...
Freeze Thaw behavior of Sandwich Construction well documented Academic and Industry studies/experts do not support this Statement. There...
Flex or Deflection in Engineering Speak Deflection is inversely related to Modulus of the material of construction ( stiffness) and panel...
I would say water is dangerous. Everything else I agree with. Personally I have been 'spit-out' 3 times I know of - 2 due to my own stupidy or...
Makes Sense - Malicious or not. This is an interesting theory given the video....
Tabbing POPped off the hull. 1) no white marks in the V of the joint except at top edge. 2) clean delamination of 1708 tabbing 3) If forward...
LightWeight Yes. But normally when you go to Kevlar and/or carbon you are trying to maintain a very strict weight target. The glass (no CSM)...
One-Offs Just don't put it on the far outside layer as the long board crew will have your hide.... ....done that twice.... :( This would...
Missed the Message - "Wood is Good" Blair I think you missed the point of my post. "Improper design and construction techniques will...
Beware of Hurricane Damage! Beware of Hurricane damage as the economy in Texas is not that bad....
Wood is Good! From Chapter 8 of the US Forest Products Handbook "8.6 Wood Degradation and Protection In the absence of biological attack...
Sandwich "Boat" Drop Test Thought I would share what is possible with properly designed and constructed lightweight sandwich...
USCG has this information but re-sale value is normally a better indicator IMO as the market does a good job of separating the wheat from chaff...
Tabbing Delamination Lots of interesting theories. I would offer one more.... If we accept the Capitan's description of events and factor in...
No Doubt :D
Specifications are Eternal The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches – that’s an exceedingly odd number....
Wiring - Euro v. N America This is most likely due to evolution of standards. In Buildings in US most of the wiring is hidden due to hollow...
Metal Bond From The picture it looks like poor surface prep on the aluminum in the overlap. This is why PAA processing was developed. This...
