With age comes wisdom... :):) (you didn't explain that this occurred almost 18 years ago...and yes at that time I was a tenured faculty in structural mechanics. If you don't break things, you also don't learn the limits.)
don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Carbon Supra #48 flies - weight < 61 oz ! ... Well, since YOU are the one who replaced your steel rods with CF of the SAME SIZE(!!) and then stood in amazement (mumbling something about carbon is supposed to be stronger than steel?) when your stabs blew off on the first following winch launch (SNORT, GIGGLE!) back when, perhaps that first description is NOT inappropriate! That incident was (I think) after you became a DrEng, but maybe before you got tenure at UMD (now the story can be told!). Yes folks, this really happened (I was there), so in matters of composite aero structure strength vs weight vs stiffness vs good engineering practice; stick with Dr Mark and ignore Dr Doof... (er).. Don! Good Lift! ... RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
