On 12/25/2015 8:45 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per sms:

http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnolo...wsid=42203.php

By next Christmas everyone will have donated their CF bicycles to the
poor, and will be buying replacements made of this new alloy.

That would be welcome news for windsurfers. Carbon-fiber booms and
masts have gone out of sight since the aircraft industry bid up the
price of carbon fiber..... so maybe the aircraft industry will
transition over to the new stuff if/when the cost ever becomes
competitive.

The aircraft industry has had mixed results with CF. It's very difficult
to repair minor damage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/boeings-787-poses-new-challenges-for-repair-teams.html

I don't think Boeing likes anyone using the "P word" like the NYT uses:
"The thin plastic skin on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is an engineering
marvel..."