Originally Posted by
VM325
I suspect that Boeing, Airbus, the F1 industry, marine industry, wind farm blade industry and many others might disagree.
According to my (Aerospace Phd) son, things have moved on in the last few years...
Yes I get that there are developments above the know art available to the experts, I would take F1 out because they are not designing durable goods, I would take Marine out because the strength to weight ratio is not a real concern
That leave Boeing and Airbus, that kind of tech they have I am not sure is within reach of Hill.
Yes the A350 is carbon wound and I am sure they did not guess it to be a good design, but they use prepreg composite that gives a very controlable fiber to resin ratio, while Hill infusion process is still sorting out to avoid resin dry areas.