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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3420413" data-attributes="member: 92780">Listening to the flat earthers in this thread, one would think that there is nothing to be gained by progressing from one material (Magnesium alloys) to the various flavas of CFRP. Those with a modicum of Mechanical Engineering under their belts and who know their Youngs Modulus from their Hoop Stress, might side with Boeing, Honda, Ferrari, and a growing number of mainstream automotive manufacturers, who having transformed engine downsizing, turbocharging, direct fuel injection, electronic control, and now improving aerodynamics and plug-in hybridization with Lithium Ion battery technology, are left with the only elephant left standing in the room in order to meet increasingly stringent emissions legislation - dramatic weight reduction. The Carbon Fibre revolution is coming!   :cat:Here is some salient analysis of the inevitable Carbon Fibre automotive future. GM Corvettes have long been known as 'Plastic Fantastics'. The BMW article contains an eye opening YouTube link embedded, exploding the new 7 series Carbon Fibre incorporating design - well worth a look  :t:<a href="http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/automotive-cfrp-the-shape-of-things-to-come" target="_blank">http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/automotive-cfrp-the-shape-of-things-to-come</a><a href="http://jalopnik.com/bmw-just-kicked-everybodys-ass-with-its-carbon-fiber-7-1698960901" target="_blank">http://jalopnik.com/bmw-just-kicked-everybodys-ass-with-its-carbon-fiber-7-1698960901</a>As Ed mentioned previously, perhaps cost is the final frontier for Carbon materials to broach (the superior materials properties and engineering design possibilities horse has long since bolted) .......However with this massive mainstream scale ramp up taking place,  AND   the absolutely minute amount of actual Carbon material that would be used in binoculars, the chorus from those arguments is becoming fainter and fainter .......   (o)<The benefits of lighter, but just as economical and as strong or stronger, binocular bodys should be patently obvious .....The question is ---- which binocular manufacturer will be strategically astute enough to lead the way???After all it's only relatively bog stock CFRP --- it's not like we're demanding Pagini like Carbotanium <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbotanium" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbotanium</a>  , let alone 3-D printed Unobtanium Nanotubes!!  :eek!:Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>

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