Not being a pilot, I can not comment on the tail-section issue, though it sounds plausible.
On the other subject - F1,I heard the same thing in regards to the F1 teams first using CF in thier cars. I just read an artical about one of the current teams, BAR, I believe, used a CF transmission this year and have an even lighter one in the works for next year. In fact they won an award for for it. Talk about stress...imagine handling almost a thousand ponies, seven speeds and the G's those cars pull...amazing...!
You know...the only real problem with CF is that you never know when you are going too far, until it fails, typically with no warning. Makes me wonder how much of the trickle down effect is making it's way down to the consumer level. You know like the tubing in the D-Fly? isn't the boron composite tubes from military apps?
Whatever the case, I am glad for it. ...Mark
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