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Old 4 Apr 2000, 18:35 (Ref:10794)   #6
Neil C
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Franklin:
it was constucted by carving sheets of polyurethane foam to fit in between the frame members of a conventional steel-tubing spaceframe and then covering the foam with a fiberglass cloth used in cigarette boats. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are the materials and construction method similar to the Ruttan-developed process for his Vari-eze series of aircraft? If so, it is interesting that you are using it in conjunction with tubular spaceframe. Is that how it's done in the cigarrete boats?



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