Carbon Fiber Floorboards

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braol
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Carbon Fiber Floorboards

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Anyone ever use carbon fiber panels for the floorboards as opposed to wood?
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Richard Roller
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Re: Carbon Fiber Floorboards

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The Piet doesn't have floorboards, as such. Your feet are on the bottom 1/4" plywood. Which is a structural member of the fuselage truss. If you plan on using carbon fiber panels, you need to do some load calculations.
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braol
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Re: Carbon Fiber Floorboards

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Oh yes, that makes sense...and sounds complicated...
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