Originally Posted by
whatcharterboat
Nah. It's cause you just can't tear it, so where normal fibreglass might crack away and tear around bolt holes, bonnet/door hinges & catches the kevlar reduces that greatly. If you have any scraps lying around they are always good to reinforce those specific areas. Of course kevlar over the whole job greatly increases the chance of penetration from sharp objects too, say in an accident.
I used to have a bit to do with race car composites (v8supercars) a while back and carbon interwoven with kevlar in the one cloth was the norm for most exterior panels particularly if they were under considerable aerodynamic loads (not straight kevlar BTW). That was where the carbon came in by adding stiffness and support. High aero load rear wings were always done in straight carbon where as something that didn't need the stiffness but required great strength such as a shell around a fuel bladder/cell we would make from straight kevlar.
Regards John
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with necessary but unexpected and long lasting problemsolvings....
