Re: more cfrp bleating

jim beam wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/09/20/1352208.shtml

fortunately, the slashdot crowd is a little more analytical.

http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=303589&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=20680345#20680839


Most of the slashdot comments were pretty random, not really addressing the concerns of the Dan Rather story.


For anyone interested in the actual letter that Vincent Weldon (ex-Boeing employee) sent to the FAA, it is here:

<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf>

I found it to be a rather detailed and interesting description of the issues. Most of the concerns discussed (g-force transmission to passengers, lightning strikes, toxic combustion byproducts) have little relevance to the use of CF in bikes. His description of the fundamental characteristics of composites are pretty interesting in light of prior threads, though. Many of those are relevant to bikes.

I wouldn't dismiss this guy as a crank, although I think he could have a better spokesperson than Dan Rather.
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