way cool!!!

V.

Well what we found out was very interesting. Even the single layer 9 oz double bias each side is stiff enough to do the task. Its stiffer than aluminum and four times as strong. The all up weight is 6.5 oz per square foot or .406 pounds per square foot

After the hammer test we are sure it will hold up to hangar rash better than sheet aluminum.

Hey thanks for the fave too.

research is wonderful...

V.

Yes it is

Stronger than aluminum and less scary brittle than carbon fiber. That's a win-win!

I think so.

Okay... I worked with fiberglass many, many years ago casting huge models of aircraft made for display purposes, and they'd lay the sheets of glass into a mold and spread resin on it. About a day later they'd pop the finished forms out of the molds, then sand, primer and finish the forms. (It was a young Kitbasher's dream!) So is making these glass panels the same process? The reason I'm asking is because Someone got me interested in building a small car using sheets of fiberglass panels and creating something that looks like a Toaster on wheels.

More or less. Yet it is different at the same time. How big of car are you talking about.

Volkswagen beetle sized. The plans called for the little van to be built on a VW Chassis.

This system would work.

https://rqriley.com/product/boonie-bug/

Seem familiar? One page even has plans but no measurements for an inner, welded, square tubed, steel frame.

I have a Boony Bug in storage... when i got it it came with the plans too. I have no idea where the plans are now. It is sitting on a shortened bus chassis. If I was going to build one today i would widen the top because when you drive it you are leaning to the center of the rig. The other don't shorten you want the room inside the van.

If you wish give me a call.

Once upon a time, long ago, with this technology in my country, enthusiasts made aircraft models that could safely survive even serious falls.

Fiberglass is very strong depending on the style of glass used very stiff.