jetdriven Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Got tired of my carpet being glued to cardboard, and decided to do something about it. 1/8" nomex honeycomb core bonded to carbon fiber to make sandwich panels. Cut this out and glue new carpet to that then you have something more fire resistant, stronger, lighter, and retains its shape better. With the SCS interiors "featherwieght" carpet, im looking to drop the 12.5lbs the factory setup is, to something more like 8lbs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccray Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Okay- obvious question- how is this legal? Is this just a piece of the "interior" that is replaced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetdriven Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Seems so. Its nonstructural decorative furnishing, and its replacing cardboard, which I cant see how was approved to begin with. I wasnt kidding about the cardboard. Edited July 26, 2017 by jetdriven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peevee Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 does it cut with scissors or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetdriven Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 the sandwich panel cuts easily with a saber saw and a metal blade. Cut the raw fabric with scissors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peevee Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 minute ago, jetdriven said: the sandwich panel cuts easily with a saber saw and a metal blade. Cut the raw fabric with scissors. the carpet on our right side gets bunched up, this would be an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccray Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 How did you template it? Any chance you can trace your final shapes onto brown paper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 My interior guy replaced my cardboard with some kind of plastic material, forget the name, but I guess is fairly standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peevee Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, teejayevans said: My interior guy replaced my cardboard with some kind of plastic material, forget the name, but I guess is fairly standard. I like it. Sounds cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yooper Rocketman Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 2 hours ago, jetdriven said: Got tired of my carpet being glued to cardboard, and decided to do something about it. 1/8" nomex honeycomb core bonded to carbon fiber to make sandwich panels. Cut this out and glue new carpet to that then you have something more fire resistant, stronger, lighter, and retains its shape better. With the SCS interiors "featherwieght" carpet, im looking to drop the 12.5lbs the factory setup is, to something more like 8lbs. Works on all the Lancair's. You're on your way to building one now! :> ) Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Nice. I wonder if there is value in making the floor panels with carpet out of them..... Thinking out loud. Noise reduction? Would it break down when you walked on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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