Recently, a company announced that after five years of research and rigorous testing, it has verified the environmentally friendly carbon fiber thermoplastic composite materials and manufacturing technology to be used in its Flying Car production.
Material characteristics: The main advantages of carbon fiber thermoplastic composites are that they are recyclable and non-toxic, and they have less impact on the environment than carbon fiber epoxy composites . Carbon fiber epoxy composites produce waste during the manufacturing process and are difficult to recycle. When using carbon fiber thermoplastic composites , any trimming or waste can be immediately recycled into non-structural components, effectively eliminating waste in the manufacturing process.
Manufacturing technology: The company 's CEO and designer mentioned that lightweight and extremely strong composite materials have been widely used in high-performance vehicles such as racing cars for decades. Large manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus have been using thermoplastic composites in their aircraft for more than eight years. In the past five years of research and testing, the company has discovered an advanced carbon fiber composite material that can be used for the main structure of flying cars . The composite material team has tested the material many times at different temperatures and is confident in using this all-composite flying vehicle .
Production efficiency: The company's composites consultants say using carbon fiber thermoplastic composites will allow the company to produce parts at nearly half the cost and eight times faster . The consultant has over 35 years of experience in composite aircraft manufacturing and has worked in various leadership roles at ICON Aircraft and Amazon drone programs. He has been involved in more than 20 aircraft designs, as well as several defense-related projects, and holds or is pending on eight patents related to composite airframe manufacturing.
Technical advantages: Due to advances in carbon fiber thermoplastic composite automated parts manufacturing technology, the production of flying cars will be greatly simplified, significantly reducing production costs and time.
