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Old 02-09-2014, 09:42 PM   #128 (permalink)
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My plan for the construction is to do foam sandwiched core construction with composite materials. This technique is used often in boat and airplane construction as well as with some kit cars. They also use these techniques at NASA! The majority of kit cars use fiberglass with some kind of plywood material for strength. This is good choice for cost but most plywood is heavy. So I am looking at other material as potential sandwich core to save weight and increase durability. The main thing that I need to keep in mind is the cost because some of these core materials like Aluminum Honeycomb can be very expensive.
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