Always had me thinking(and yes i do think occasionally) about how boards are constructed and if there are any other alternatives out there that could be used
Wouldn't it be great if you could just pop boards out of a mold that need virtually no labour to build are reasonably light and stiff and will outlast anything out there today.
I wonder how Nylon 6 would fo as a board material? i know the small nylon gears made out of it are extremely light.
Nylon 6 is the most common commercial grade of molded nylon. Nylon is available in glass-filled variants which increase structural and impact strength.

FormulaNova said...

The gears might be light, but would the same volume of a board be lighter than what we have now?

You could always weigh those gears and work out their volume and compare.

Styrofoam is incredibly light, so I think it would take something special to beat the weight and strength of current boards.

That's the point current materials are light but they have just as many flaws as well eg labour intensive being one of them.

Apparently there's not much wind in SA at the moment, ey Choc

sailpilot said...

Apparently there's not much wind in SA at the moment, ey Choc

that obvious is it