Marian Aldenhövel
July 12th 05, 01:33 PM
Hi,
We talk "glass ship" or "Plastikbomber" and variations to that theme
when talking of composite gliders. While riding my bike home from the
airport yesterday I started to wonder how much of GRP is actually
"glass" and how much "plastic". Or more generally:
What goes into a modern glider in terms of raw material and labour?
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/flugzeug-bauen-d.html
English version at
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/flugzeug-bauen-e.html)
Gives figures of 46 square meters of carbon fabric and 11.5kgs of
Epoxy for a wing and 240h of work for the finish.
More data points?
Ciao, MM
--
Marian Aldenhövel, Rosenhain 23, 53123 Bonn. +49 228 624013.
http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
"It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation,
provided you start with a big one"
We talk "glass ship" or "Plastikbomber" and variations to that theme
when talking of composite gliders. While riding my bike home from the
airport yesterday I started to wonder how much of GRP is actually
"glass" and how much "plastic". Or more generally:
What goes into a modern glider in terms of raw material and labour?
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/flugzeug-bauen-d.html
English version at
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/flugzeug-bauen-e.html)
Gives figures of 46 square meters of carbon fabric and 11.5kgs of
Epoxy for a wing and 240h of work for the finish.
More data points?
Ciao, MM
--
Marian Aldenhövel, Rosenhain 23, 53123 Bonn. +49 228 624013.
http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
"It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation,
provided you start with a big one"