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Originally Posted by kaylon
Use material where it's most suited. a CF wing on an RC car is a waste of money and you'll find it so thin that it would just snap. CF has little to no flex that's why it makes good Towers and chassis but would make terrible arms and wings as it would be stiff and brittle, I'd put money on a wing disintegrating during the first drive.
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In the old days you could buy carbon fibre wings, these were made from prepreg in an autoclave though, not just laying carbon on a mould and brushing on resin. They were pretty tough. They certainly didn't disintegrate during the first drive, after all carbon shock towers don't disintegrate either. Didn't get damaged at all if you were using them on a Schumacher.
The downside is that although pretty light they were much heavier than lexan wings, and the last thing you want is a lot of weight high up.