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Old 27th June 2007 | 08:24
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Hurkemmer
 
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smelly Hangar?

Magoodotcom

Both of these examples are constructed from conventional materials under the skin (aluminium, steel & titanium etc), and have carbon fibre and other composite panels and structures attached (e.g canards, intakes, nose cones, wing panels, leading edges, moving surfaces etc).

The B-2 also has a composite-laced paint sprayed over it (you should smell the solvents in the curing hangar...PHEW!)

Cheers

Magoo
Yes, phenolics and epoxies can be quite smelly. Especially if copious amounts of free amine based hardners are used... It would not be good to use a solvent for anything but tool cleaning as solvents in resin would greatly reduce mechanical properties of the composite.
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