Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:08:26 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2650466 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:45:00 -0400 Received: from D90BKR21 (64.cleveland-18-19rs.oh.dial-access.att.net[12.87.135.64]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <200310251444581130084p39e>; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:44:58 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <002901c39b06$8f45ef20$4087570c@D90BKR21> From: "martell lindsay" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] composite safety X-Original-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:44:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01C39AE4.F4298A90" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C39AE4.F4298A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am not going to spend much time worrying -- Although the following is not a direct comparison, I think it is a good = indicator. I have a dozen fishing rods that were manufactured between 1950 and = 1954. They are made of fiberglass epoxy prepreg by Narmco Inc. in Costa = Mesa, CA (Conolon fishing rods). I have used a fly rod and a spinning = rod regularly for 50 years. The only "degradation" in my collection is = the rod I stepped on, and the one I closed in a car door -- the rest = still look and perform as new.=20 I know, I know, cold cure is different than thermocure prepreg -- but I = submit not all that different. I will bet there are a lot of 1950s = Glaspar (also Costa Mesa, CA) fiberglass fishing boats and car bodies = still in use. These were made using glass mat, glass cloth and cold = cure resin. martell lindsay N360ML The real world: When the theory doesn't agree with the observation, = better reexamine the theory. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C39AE4.F4298A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am not going to spend much time = worrying=20 --

Although the following is not a = direct=20 comparison, I think it is a good indicator.

I have a dozen fishing rods that = were=20 manufactured between 1950 and 1954. They are made of fiberglass = epoxy=20 prepreg by Narmco Inc. in Costa Mesa, CA (Conolon fishing rods). I = have=20 used a fly rod and a spinning rod regularly for 50 years. The = only=20 "degradation" in my collection is the rod I stepped on, and the one I = closed in=20 a car door -- the rest still look and perform as new.

I know, I know, cold cure is = different than=20 thermocure prepreg -- but I submit not all that different. I will = bet=20 there are a lot of 1950s Glaspar (also Costa Mesa, CA) = fiberglass=20 fishing boats and car bodies still in use. These were made using = glass=20 mat, glass cloth and cold cure resin.

martell lindsay

N360ML

The real world: When the theory = doesn't agree=20 with the observation, better reexamine the = theory.

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