Rick Girard wrote:

Paul, All too true, but these were generally cast of Nylon 6/6 or some
other chopped glass filled resin. Just like chopper gun shot composite
parts, the resin to glass ratio was wrong and the parts had a limited
life span. Get the resin to synthetic ratio to the proper level and use
a woven material instead of loose filler and the life should improve
greatly.

Rick Girard

Sure at normal temperature. We are talking temperatures close to the
melting point of the resin. Even special high temp epoxy
only goes to 300 F. I'll bet the strength is way down at 200 F
Aluminum loses half its strength at only 500 F.

Paul Lamar
 
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