When we studied CF as a material for aircraft design, there were so many things better than aluminum!
Between aluminum and CF, we will choose CF.
At the time the technology was only applied to military aircraft because of the cost.
The question asked was: Why not use CF in commercial aircraft?
The answer: How do you tell a passenger (normal person) that the aircraft is plastic?
The problem was in the acceptance by the public at large. Defence aircraft always want the best technology available and they may not be as narrow minded as a normal person. How to change their minds? Clearly, it is not easy as this article points out.
My local Gamestop was not taking preorders for the Wii last time I checked, but they where putting together a list of people that would like to preorder: so I'm in the pre-preorder list. The idea was that they will call us when starting to take preorders. Will this be maintained in the view of the news? Who knows!
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When we studied CF as a material for aircraft design, there were so many things better than aluminum! Between aluminum and CF, we will choose CF. At the time the technology was only applied to military aircraft because of the cost. The question asked was: Why not use CF in commercial aircraft? The answer: How do you tell a passenger (normal person) that the aircraft is plastic? The problem was in the acceptance by the public at large. Defence aircraft always want the best technology available and they may not be as narrow minded as a normal person. How to change their minds? Clearly, it is not easy as this article points out.
My local Gamestop was not taking preorders for the Wii last time I checked, but they where putting together a list of people that would like to preorder: so I'm in the pre-preorder list.
The idea was that they will call us when starting to take preorders. Will this be maintained in the view of the news? Who knows!