This group seems to have experts on everything cool, so I figured I'd see if anyone here knew of good forums of any kind (Usenet or otherwise) for folks learning how to do their own carbon fiber and/or fiberglass.
Heck, *must have* book recommendations are welcome, too. The specific task at hand is making things like race car body parts and wings.
--Donnie
_Competition Car Composites: A Practical Guide_, by Simon McBeath. It's about making things like race car body parts and wings from carbon fiber composites, in a garage-scale operation. Very good introduction with much practical advice. $26 on Amazon.
-- Ed Huntress
Competition Car Aerodynamics by Simon McBeath: 'a successor to "Competition Car Downforce", covers all aspects of aerodynamics, including both downforce and drag.'
I found a lot of useful information in this book by Forbes Aird:
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:48:06 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, "David Courtney" quickly quoth:
I wish to learn more about glassing and composites and was just looking at that page/book over the weekend. Perfect timing, David. Alas, it wasn't in our library system, though it's cheap enough.
That looks like maybe an 8-page insert for a 3-ring binder.
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