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Look what their doing to wood now !

Postby Bille » Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:58 pm

I almost never read those Yahoo adds ; but this one caught my eye :

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... uper-wood/

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Re: Look what their doing to wood now !

Postby Bille » Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:47 pm

234 views ; how many of you , actually read the article ?

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Re: Look what their doing to wood now !

Postby jakemoore » Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:44 pm

Neat. But if 3x denser than wood, would it work in kiteboarding cores? Sounds like a sinker.

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Re: Look what their doing to wood now !

Postby Bille » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:13 pm

OR :
Use 1/3'd the thickness core ; and think how much stronger a wing for a hydrofoil
would be .

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Re: Look what their doing to wood now !

Postby downunder » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:37 pm

Ha ha,nomex still packaged Bille!

But, my hf is almost done. Ultralight!


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