Just think of the reduced energy from not having to melt the metal in the foundry. This could be huge for production cars even more than racing. Lighter cars are exciting.
Just think of the reduced energy from not having to melt the metal in the foundry. This could be huge for production cars even more than racing. Lighter cars are exciting.
Agreed. Lighter cars are a wonderful thing. Not every car needs to weigh as much as they do. Yeah, it's gonna be while before CF is used as an everyday material in auto making, but the benefits can be of great use. I'm hoping to see the day where it's used in almost every car made. The only bad thing about CF is what happens when it gets smashed in a collision.....it pretty much shatters and all those little pieces go flying. It's great for dispersing energy, but what about a CF dash?....would the fibers in that possibly be shattered to tiny little pieces and inhaled?
Inhaled and impaled. 
My only concern would be how the block is reinforced to attach to the head (think tear/deformation). I love the idea and know someday we'll get there, just going to be interesting to see the initial 'problems' that need working out, but for performance applications this would be huge!
Keith Tanner wrote:vwcorvette wrote:Wouldn't you want your axe to have a bit of heft for some extra momentum?The carbo axe, created from direct input from the military EOD community, this lightweight tool is made of a hardened titanium core with a carbide-tungsten edge, sandwiched between two layers of carbon fiber and fastened via titanium hardware. The handle is turned from a solid bar of carbon fiber. Super light and ultra fast… ready for your next zombie attack.
On the other hand you could now make giant anime weapons that are actually wieldable!
miataman86 wrote: Agreed. Lighter cars are a wonderful thing. Not every car needs to weigh as much as they do. Yeah, it's gonna be while before CF is used as an everyday material in auto making, but the benefits can be of great use. I'm hoping to see the day where it's used in almost every car made. The only bad thing about CF is what happens when it gets smashed in a collision.....it pretty much shatters and all those little pieces go flying. It's great for dispersing energy, but what about a CF dash?....would the fibers in that possibly be shattered to tiny little pieces and inhaled?
Agreed... in working on my Fiat Spider.. I was amazed at how heavy some things were.. like the steel Headlight buckets or the brass radiator. If I changed out a lot of these little heavy things composit, I am sure I could get that car down below 2000 pounds
mad_machine wrote: Agreed... in working on my Fiat Spider.. I was amazed at how heavy some things were.. like the steel Headlight buckets or the brass radiator. If I changed out a lot of these little heavy things composit, I am sure I could get that car down below 2000 pounds
Wait, a Spider isn't already less than 2000 lbs? Color me surprised!
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mazdeuce wrote: Just think of the reduced energy from not having to melt the metal in the foundry. This could be huge for production cars even more than racing. Lighter cars are exciting.
You do understand how Carbon Fiber is commercially produced, right?
Pyrolization of the precursor polymer fibers requires a hot furnace (2,000+ C) and an inert atmosphere.
And unlike metals, the CF cannot be reclaimed simply by remelting.
Energy savings, not so much.
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