Basalt fiber
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Basalt fiber
Posted By: ifoxwell
Subject: Basalt fiber
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 9:17am
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http://www.gizmag.com/volcanic-composite-fipofix-sailboat/36242/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9f4f1a760f-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-9f4f1a760f-90248426" rel="nofollow - http://www.gizmag.com/volcanic-composite-fipofix-sailboat/36242/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9f4f1a760f-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-9f4f1a760f-90248426 Sounds good, so who has heard of this stuff and is it the future? ------------- RS300 |
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 11:28am
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Dunno anything about the fibre, but who knew there was an Open 16 class?
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Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 11:37am
| I know I wouldn't touch a Jamie Lynn Phoenix .... but that's no reason to dismiss the material science in its construction. |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 11:40am
Love it, but it doesn't half look nosey...
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 12:34pm
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Looks like it would be better off with a Mini Transat style spoon bow.
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Posted By: Oatsandbeans
Date Posted: 27 Mar 15 at 1:09pm
| Basalt looks to have, at best, only the properties of S-glass, which doesn't compare that well against carbon. The density lets it down as it is much denser than carbon (2.8vs 1.8), this stuffs the specific properties (strength and stiffness vs weight) which is what is important in marine structures. |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 30 Mar 15 at 7:08am
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2.8 is poor versus e-glass... all the glass fibre we use in our prepregs is e-glass, it's the standard used for industrial, wind, even aerospace (glass is used eg for nose cones). Basalt isn't something we're showing any interest in. ------------- -_ Al |