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Originally Posted by racer93
I'm not so sure. I saw the F2000 that was on display at the IMS back in '07 (to make up for the debacle the year before). The CF on the steering wheel and the cockpit area was almost EXACTLY what the S27 looks like. It's very accurate. I can't speak of the chassis, but the visible areas (wings and bodywork that wasn't painted) were very close to the S27.
There are some views on the MotoGP bikes that don't quite look like that (they look more like the traditional "pewter and black stripe" kind of decal). Other shots I've seen look like the S27 or SMS stuff.
A lot of what throws off our impression of CF on cars stems from flash photography, especially on older cars. Look at pics of interiors from the Mazda 787B or the Jag XJR 9. The pics show that the CF was clearly visible, when it actually wasn't. (I'd post a pic here that i have, but the site won't let me for some reason...darn it!)
Daniel
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Well most items aren't laid up using plain weave, they're laid up using a twill weave. So yes, you'll see some plain weave, more often than not it's twill:
Twill has that stair-stepped look. This is a 2 x 2 weave. That is, each tow goes over 2 tows and under two.
Whereas plain weave is checker-board and is 1 x 1:
So there's weave, but then also how it's laid up. 0/90 or 45. That's the fiber orientation with the warp of the fabric (the length wise as compared to the width as it comes of the roll) being the '0' orientation.