Composites in Beagle 218

[/QUOTE]he M.218 was originally an advanced Miles composite structure design]

Yet another example of George Miles being ahead of technologY. If the currrent composite technology had been available in the 60s, the composites in use would not have been 10mm thick chopped strand matting GRP. Modern directionally controlled CFRP mouldings could have reduced the structural weight to the design target, and given Beagle a world beater

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