Old 10-08-13 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Dopolina
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Another thing to consider is the fact that the Chinese market is now flooded with locally produced prepreg that is compatible to T300 as opposed to the T-700 that is pretty much a benchmark for contemporary frames. I can't recall the tonnage of T-300 off hand but it is much lower than that of T-700.
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T300 is roughly 70% of the tensile strength of T700 (3500MPa vs. 5000MPa, just researching for a minute on the interweb).
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