To those who declare this hull to be a writeoff.
Like you, I'm not a Composites expert,however,I do have background knowledge.
Boats/ships have a long history of all-composite construction and remember the medium in which they're immersed ,is somewhat denser than air and a lot more turbulent -hence the vessel is a lot more highly stressed and suffers continual impact-stresses. (waves hitting! )
Manufacturers will always make more sections than they need....why?
Because some will be rejects, others will be required , complete, for repairs.
Rveryone seems to be fixated on "complete section" replacement....it's just not needed...in the case above ,of a reject, the faulty area can be hacked-out and the rest used to supply a part-panel.
There is no technical reason why a repair could not be pieced-in without loss of structural integrity.
The bigger problem, is the repair being TOO STRONG and transferring stresses to other areas not designed to absorb them!
(something that emerged in the development of motor-body crumple-zones.)
All this B/s about"holding up production" and " all sections already assigned to a build"....sheesh!
I wouldn't fly on one either, but it's got nothing to do with the structural integrity of "patched composites" FFS, that's how it's built in the first place!...."Airfix Kit " was nearer the mark than you realise
