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Old 01-05-2012, 09:51 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by Dimman View Post
f) Proper engineering of the part with regards to stiffness. This can be achieved with core structures.

Now with a high-quality 'dry' part made with pre-preg carbon cloth we get all of the above except F pretty much automatically due to that is pretty much the only way the parts can be made. And with the facility, cost and knowledge involved that means that the companies are typically also taking care of the design properly, too.
I'm going to nitpick some of your nitpicking

Prepreg with a core material is totally possible and is done all the time. The only really impossible combination is VARTM with a honeycomb core (you need to use a foam core instead).


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Also is it just me or does that Lotus (in this pic http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbo...photo-1292571/ ) look like it has some wrinkles in the corner section of the bumper, like it's maybe a vinyl wrap?
It could also be that the weave was skewed when the fabric was laid up.
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