<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#46 @ Oct 14 2008, 09:55 PM)
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Why don't just give a try this weekend? Stoner did well in his first ride. Now let's see, how the Japs respond... Oh, and can you guys give me an explaination about carbon frame (how they work, the stiffness, etc.). I really appreciated that. Thanks.
ok ..... I'l try a serious answer ......
As with all frames rigidity v's flex is a tuneable thing ......
seems a fairly "known science" with steel frames ( possibly why a low budget company like Duc. have persisted with it )
and I beleive that each factory that runs aluminium frames has gone through a huge learning curve with aluminium frames ...... but ..... its pretty protected "knowlwdge" ..... and would be very "in house".
Carbon Fibre ........... well it really suits Ducati ........ why? ........ they want to get to a more tuneable material than steel provides .... and ....... development time/costs. To form a partnership, with a producer/lab/manufacturer, and produce rapid changes in frames is easier with CF than Al. And given that Duc. has already some connection with Ferrari ( a relationship that appears more than just parochialism ) .... I assume that their is some availablity of expertise already waiting at Ducati's disposal.
Aluminium frames are the realm of big money outfits ........ CF is known as a medium that suits low quantity prototype parts, where ..... fast development, easy modification, high quality control, and easy analysis of part stresses .... are requirements .....
