At 10:58 PM 3/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
John,

  The skirts above and below the (temporary) fiberglass-wound tank on your
vehicle appear to be carbon fiber, generally much stiffer than fiberglass.
When you proof-test the tank, watch out for damage to the glue bond between
them.  This was a problem with the Roton ATV 'glass tanks where bonded to
carbon.  The 'glass tank will swell a not-insignificant amount under
pressure, and the carbon won't want to stretch accordingly.  The adhesive
between them will be under a great deal of shear stress.  You might even
split a skirt end.

All the composites are fiberglass on the 2' vehicle, but I'll keep that data point in mind for the future.


John Carmack

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