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Originally Posted by freebeard
IIRC carbon fiber is notoriously brittle.
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As I understand it; Carbon Fiber is extremely flexible.
More so than glass
BUT
if you tie a knot in 1 fiber; the fiber will break as soon as the knot is pulled tight.
ie:
Carbon Fiber is extremely flexible up to a certain 'angle'.
That's why other fibers are used in the safety shell of F1 cars etc where said 'sharp bend angles' will occur if the resin is cracked. Fibers that don't break at sharp bends so to speak.