• @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    I watched this that shows the making of the hull. So it seems that it’s carbon fibre over a metal cylinder. I don’t know if that cylinder is titanium but it doesn’t seem like the hull was pure carbon fibre. That cylinder is nowhere near thick enough for anything but the base for the carbon fibre though so it’s not like it would offer anything but squish in an emergency. But I did find this very interesting (and terrifying somehow):

    https://youtu.be/4O5F4ZVlIac?t=660

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      12 years ago

      The tube section was carbon fiber only, no metal. The endcaps were titanium. Many thanks for the link, I will take a look!

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      02 years ago

      I’ll be damned, you’re right, the carbon fiber was wound around a metal tube. My bad.