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Old 08-15-16 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by tankist
Does it mean carbon frame are such fragile that may not survive a minor fall?
Yes. CF can be stronger than metals, but it also doesn't handle sharp impacts anywhere near as much.

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Originally Posted by ol geezer
And-----------------the CF tails have broken off French airbus airplanes killing several hundred.
And, plenty of steel planes have fatigued, failed, and crashed, too.
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