As my wings are looking a little sorry for themselves and I'm getting more and more obsessed with weight and efficiency I did a little search for fibreglass or carbon fibre bits to try and quantify any weight loss:-
Looks like a CFRP bonnet is 5 to 6kg and a GFRP is 6 to 7kg, there is a seller on Ebay.de, Verschleissteile-direkt, selling GFRP bonnets for 300 euros.
The same seller has GFRP wings for sale for an 80, weighing 1.2kg each and they're 280 euros, not sure if he does coupe wings though...
There's a guy in Sweden www.vpm.se who does bonnets also for SEK2900 and 3500 (£300) weighing in at 6kg, the more expensive one has a vent like the SQ I think.
Are there any place in the UK who do GFRP or CFRP bonnets or wings?
Here is an old Aelred thread, any updates?
And finally, to quantify the weight loss, what are the weights of a OE wings and an OE bonnet?
Looks like a CFRP bonnet is 5 to 6kg and a GFRP is 6 to 7kg, there is a seller on Ebay.de, Verschleissteile-direkt, selling GFRP bonnets for 300 euros.
The same seller has GFRP wings for sale for an 80, weighing 1.2kg each and they're 280 euros, not sure if he does coupe wings though...
There's a guy in Sweden www.vpm.se who does bonnets also for SEK2900 and 3500 (£300) weighing in at 6kg, the more expensive one has a vent like the SQ I think.
Are there any place in the UK who do GFRP or CFRP bonnets or wings?
Here is an old Aelred thread, any updates?
And finally, to quantify the weight loss, what are the weights of a OE wings and an OE bonnet?
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