Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
Many of the early disk wheels were built with honeycomb cores covered with fiberglass, carbon fiber, or aluminum sheet bonded on each side. These techniques are pretty common in the boat and light aircraft industry- a quick Google on "building with honeycomb core" turned up several videos and how-to sites.
A few of my friends in the high-speed HPV community built their own wheels from surplus Boeing honeycomb panels bonded to homemade hubs and rims. That's the only way you're going to get an extra-narrow 24" wheel compatible with a front-wheel-drive recumbent:
Jeff,
I remember when the honeycomb process met the unlimited hydroplane boats. U-1 and U-2 (Miss Budweiser) were the fastest boats on the water. Newest hulls and lightest that went over the 200 mph mark for the first time in the sport. Smiles, MH