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11-22-23, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by base2

Carbon fiber airplanes with 7-8psi fuselage pressure differential, with carbon fiber components and control surfaces exposed to the force of 600mph winds and fly where the temperature is easily -50f and lower and cycle to where it is +100f several times a day for 25 years or more and don't have any issues.

What conclusions can you infer from the above information about the carbon fiber construction of your wheels?

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Originally Posted by asgelle

Nothing. Unless you can show the resin, mat, and layups used in aircraft are the same as bicycles.

Unless the resins are the same, there are no conclusions you can draw. The resins are (as far as I know) epoxies. There are epoxies formulated to do just about anything but each specialty comes with properties that are drawbacks for other uses.

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