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Unread 14-11-2003, 11:19
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Originally posted by Tytus Gerrish
an engineer on my team sugested honeycomb
Actually, the honeycomb by itself would make a barely effective crushable bumper. (Unless you use titanium honeycomb core, but that would be prohibited along with all other ti.) But bond on some face sheets to make a sandwich structure and you really have something strong and light. It works with foam too.

Hmmm, we had a sponsor a couple of years back that used to make panels like that. Using them at the time was illegal but next year????
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