Carbon fiber strength vs steel

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I have a tube that I made using wet layup and silicone pressure molding for the sampe bridge contest some years ago… i don’t remember the exact figures but it weighed in at like 3 lbs or something silly and held 15000lbs of force on a 3 point bending machine with like less than .1" deflection before it failed on the edge but was otherwise completely un damaged. I could post a pic if you were interested. I used unidirectional sleeve and braided tube. Some great materials and exceedingly strong with super long fiber lengths.

I don’t head down to this subforum often and just saw this.
I would LOVE if you could post a picture Sammy. That bridge sounds like an amazing work of craftsmanship.