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Old 22nd Sep 2009, 10:04
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deeceethree
 
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Carbon fibre is stiffer than aluminium, which has long been used to make aircraft, and does not suffer from metal fatigue.
Who writes this stuff? Carbon fibre can't suffer metal fatigue because it ...... er ...... isn't metal! But it can fatigue, and break, and shatter, etc etc etc.
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