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Old 03-12-2013, 01:45 PM   #100 (permalink)
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The Trev is a lot of expandable foam over a honeycomb tub, right? I like that approach because the foam offers energy absorption with light weight, at least until the foam absorbs moisture out of the air, then it could gain a few pounds.
My biggest concern with their method is the formers that guided the shaping of the foam, which appear to extend to the fibergkass skin. One of the people building a aerocap for his pickup here had problems with ripples showing up in his fiberglass work:
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Originally Posted by a8ksh4
I've had the side panels on the truck for a couple weeks now, putting them through some temperature cycles from below freezing in the mornings to 70s in the afternoon as well as some rain and frost. When they were new, the surface was nearly mirror smooth, but they're starting to ripple a bit on the surface. There is a bit of a raised line on one where the glass crosses a joint in the foam underneath.

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I cannot get any of the PDF's to open.
Nor I. It looks like their page is broken.
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