Originally Posted by
admikar
You just lost me at **** that does not make sense. You mean **** like door handles?
like the position lights, like the bearings, and the big one: The Engine.
Originally Posted by
CGameProgrammerr
The Cabri G2.
The cabri G2 has two sections in carbon the cabin and the tail boom joined by a traditional tubular sub section
smarter in many ways:
- modules are small enough to fit in lower cost autoclave (no infusion)
- high stress attachment points (engine / transmission) are diffused away by the metal frame.
- another specialized company does it
Originally Posted by
Shagpile
Which is why the entire thing has gone through finite element analysis, blah blah, and is planned to pass all certification / crash requirements. Which he regularly discusses in detail.
FEA for composite materials is a very immature science, easy to model homogeneous materials like metal, quite another thing to predict behaviour of multi materials, especially with the variability of the infusion process.
I especially worry about those lifting rod attachement points in the picture below, if they go bad, the fuselage is a write off.
