Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > Why we don't use fibreglass tanks..boom

[kiwicoops]

gas cloud slowmo replay footage at the end of this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkA-_OCQVQ

pete


"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power". Abraham Lincoln ...53 horse power should do it

[skidlids]

I thought Vince's Barbequing of Nori at Oulton was a good enough demonstration
But that clip shows one hell of a race track

[Fruitbat]

Didn't realise that they raced at Greymouth as well - seemed such a peaceful place when we passed thru in 2006. Those nasty noisy motorbikes...

Alloy gotta be better than fibreglass but I'm not sure anything would've survived that - full weight of the flipped bike as it returned from orbit, closely followed by a direct hit at speed by the following bike.
Steel/alloy would deform before rupturing - but what happens to carbonfibre tanks when subjected to forces that they can't cope with?

[mat2hew]

Originally Posted by Fruitbat

but what happens to carbonfibre tanks when subjected to forces that they can't cope with?

same, that's why we're not allowed them.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by mat2hew

same, that's why we're not allowed them.

Hence my reference to Vince's crash in front of Haga at Oulton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKATCZvweE

[Fruitbat]

Sorry, should have phrased the question more carefully...
Interested in exactly how CF fails - can it deform at all or does it simply splinter / rupture? Carbon/Kevlar mix any different?

[Fruitbat]

Sorry, should have phrased the question more carefully...
Interested in exactly how CF fails - can it deform at all or does it simply splinter / rupture? Carbon/Kevlar mix any different? Just curious

Oulton clip makes interesting viewing...