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Guest	air craft 02/22/2009 2:47 PM
	is carbon fiber a good fabric for ultralight aircraft and or boats .
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Bondy111 Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gloucestershire, England Posts: 756	#1 Re: air craft 02/22/2009 2:51 PM
	Yes. But a better one is a compound of carbon fibre sandwiched between two sheets of 1.9mm aluminium sheets __________________ bondy111

Guest	#2 In reply to #1 Re: air craft 02/22/2009 8:47 PM
	what about transparent aluminum?
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2194 Good Answers: 85	#3 In reply to #2 Re: air craft 02/22/2009 9:37 PM
	Best person to answer that question is Vulcan. __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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jack of all trades Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 2656 Good Answers: 91	#4 In reply to #2 Re: air craft 02/23/2009 1:33 AM
	You mean Aluminum oxynitride, not really, but it is being used for window armour in some NATO vehicles. The link is on CR4 somewhere (I wrote it but cannot find it now). Until then have a look at the following links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_aluminum And this one which is a bit old. http://www.livescience.com/technology/051018_new_glass.html Or a good old google search.
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Artrjc Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: AZ Posts: 8	#5 In reply to #2 Re: air craft 05/01/2009 1:43 AM
	This better than transparent aluminum http://geekheretic.com/?p=185, http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123012131, aluminum oxynitride -- Check it out!
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