Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 11/30/2011, 3:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside (StephenHJ)

: As others have stated, carbon fiber has some interesting
: characteristics. It can make for extremely light, stiff parts.
: That's one of the reasons that it's used in automotive
: applications for aerodynamic parts. Stiffness comes with a price
: - anything stiff is more likely to break from impact than
: something more flexible. Carbon fiber has a strong tendency to
: shatter when it breaks, as all the fibers woven together fail in
: tandem.

It did make the hull extremely stiff. I did it mainly for the looks. It really did blow up. I wonder if combining it with a layer of glass would help. I remember that Bell Canoe used to combine Carbon and Kevlar.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 9:57 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Charlie -- 11/30/2011, 10:51 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/30/2011, 1:23 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 3:37 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
StephenHJ -- 11/30/2011, 1:37 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 3:38 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
ScottBaxter -- 11/30/2011, 7:22 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
ancient kayaker -- 11/30/2011, 11:22 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 1:59 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Brian Nystrom -- 12/1/2011, 6:30 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Mike Savage -- 12/1/2011, 1:57 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 2:03 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Allan -- 12/1/2011, 4:51 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 5:28 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Robert N Pruden -- 12/1/2011, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Etienne Muller -- 12/2/2011, 3:21 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Kirk Briggs -- 12/3/2011, 9:44 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2011, 2:30 pm