Most rackets are now made of composite materials including carbon fibre, fiberglass, metals such as titanium alloys or ceramics.

The Nashville Athena Parthenos is made of a composite of gypsum cement and ground fiberglass.

Some of these innovations include the invention of monofilament nylon fishing lines, the fiberglass ( later graphite composite ) fishing rod, the electric trolling motor, the fish finder / depth locator, and new artificial lures and baits made of various plastics.

It is also used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products ; to form a very strong and light fiber-reinforced polymer ( FRP ) composite material called glass-reinforced plastic ( GRP ), popularly known as " fiberglass ".

Typically, most common polymer-based composite materials, including fiberglass, carbon fiber, and Kevlar, include at least two parts, the substrate and the resin.

The applications for epoxy-based materials are extensive and include coatings, adhesives and composite materials such as those using carbon fiber and fiberglass reinforcements ( although polyester, vinyl ester, and other thermosetting resins are also used for glass-reinforced plastic ).

A modern reconstruction, in fiberglass and wood, of a historical composite bow

These synthetic materials include carbon fiber epoxy composite and fiberglass.

Most boards produced today have an expanded polystyrene foam core reinforced with a composite sandwich shell, that can include carbon fiber, kevlar, or fiberglass in a matrix of epoxy and sometimes plywood and thermoplastics.

During launch many gliders withstand 30G or more, far more than any manned aircraft is stressed to and launch speeds of sometimes over 140 km / h which energy is then converted in altitude ; this has only become possible since the advent of composite materials such as carbon ( graphite ), fiberglass, and Kevlar, which are used extensively in many of their structures.

Sticks have traditionally been made from wood, but in recent years, sticks made of more expensive materials such as Aluminum, Aramid ( kevlar ), fiberglass, carbon fiber, and other composite materials have become common.

It is in one piece, unlike the modern recurve bow ( above ); unlike a composite bow it has flat limbs with fiberglass on front and back, and a sculpted handle.

Traditional shafts were made of wood, but are now almost exclusively of lightweight metals ( such as aluminum or titanium ) or composite ( including fiberglass, Kevlar or carbon filament ).

The combination of fiberglass tape and epoxy glue results in a composite material providing an extremely strong joint.

Intake systems come in many different styles and can be constructed from plastic, metal, rubber ( silicone ) or composite materials ( fiberglass, carbon fiber or Kevlar ).

The composite materials are then applied to the mold in the form of a thermosetting plastic ( usually epoxy, polyester, or vinylester ) and some kind of fiber cloth ( fiberglass, kevlar, dynel, carbon fiber, etc.

The new vehicle was a unique design, featuring a plastic / fiberglass composite body designed by Ghia, a mid-mounted engine and four-wheel drive.

Modern hulls are constructed of composite materials such as honeycomb aluminum, fiberglass, laminated resin and carbon fiber.

Goalies at lower levels of hockey ( such as high-school, college, or recreational leagues ) who choose to use this design cite reasons such as the plastic helmet used is lighter than the fiberglass or composite materials used in other designs, and that the helmet has a wider opening than a traditional mask for a less claustrophobic feeling and better sight of the puck.

Cameron currently owns and flies a Cozy MK IV, an experimental airplane of composite fiberglass construction with canard design configuration and pusher propeller.

As with all storm cellars or storm shelters, they are usually manufactured from concrete, steel, fiberglass, different injection mold type plastics, and any number of composite materials on the market today.

The embankment storm cellar can be made from concrete, steel, fiberglass, or any other structurally sound material or composite and is usually installed in a hill or embankment leaving only the door exposed.

FR-4 is a composite material composed of woven fiberglass cloth with an epoxy resin binder that is flame resistant ( self-extinguishing ).

He also used some of new materials like aluminum and fiberglass to fabricate his own composite boards.

For instance, both wood and fiberglass hulls are allowed in the Albacore, Wayfarer, and Fireball classes, but the hull shape, weight, and sail area are tightly constrained.

Modern reproduction Adirondack guideboat hulls are made of kevlar, fiberglass or wood strips.

Some hulls use both materials, with a wood hull and a fiberglass laminate applied to the outer surface for greater durability.

Modern commercially manufactured airboat hulls are made of aluminum or fiberglass.

The fiberglass hulls themselves were bought from Waki Zöllner's " Atoll " company.

Cathedral hulls became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, when the use of fiberglass made economical production of this hull-form possible.

They removed a fiberglass panel from Enterprises wing to perform analysis of the material and attached it to the test structure, then shot a foam block at it.

A later form of this structure uses fiberglass cloth impregnated with polyester or epoxy resin, instead of plywood, as the skin.

Unlike the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette, which used fiberglass for only exterior bodywork, the Elite also used this glass-reinforced plastic material for the entire load-bearing structure of the car, though the front of the monocoque incorporated a steel subframe supporting the engine and front suspension, and there was a hoop at the windscreen for mounting door hinges and jacking the car up.

Sadly, the full understanding of the engineering qualities of fiberglass reinforced plastic was still several years off and the suspension attachment points were regularly observed to pull out of the fiberglass structure.

* An entire printed circuit board ( PCB ), or more specifically, the electrically insulating portion of a PCB structure, such as fiberglass bound together with epoxy cement

Hayward is home to the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, which contains a fiberglass musky, the world's largest fiberglass structure.

A successor to the Porsche 904, and designed under Ferdinand Piëch's new regime at Porsche R & D, the 906 replaced the boxed steel structure of the 904 which used the fiberglass body for extra structural strength with a tubular space frame and unstressed fiberglass body.

The resulting structure is strong in tension but often needs to be either laid up with many heavy layers of resin-saturated fiberglass or reinforced with wood or foam in order to provide stiffness.

During the stage, the Monster Monument, a 46-feet tall fiberglass structure, was built in the new Victory Plaza, the FanZone area was expanded, and an emergency services building was built.

The prototype had a fiberglass body over a largely wooden structure built on the salvaged chassis of a 1953 Buick, which was not adequately tested before the scheduled public unveiling in 1957 and broke down 15 times on the way to the press conference, requiring towing to 7 different garages ; mainly due to clogging of the fuel system, which had sat unused for the previous four years.

The fiberglass and wood structure of the car proved to have deteriorated terribly from exposure, as well as the interior and plastic windshield.

Fabric-covered wood or metal frames and plywood are common in the aircraft structure, but increasingly, fiberglass and other composites as well as full aluminum construction techniques are being used, first pioneered by Hugo Junkers as far back as the late World War I era.

The most familiar exceptions to this rule are fiberglass, which has no crystal structure, and carbon fiber, in which the crystalline anisotropy is so great that a good-quality filament will be a distorted single crystal with approximately cylindrical symmetry ( often compared to a jelly roll ).

Most often it is used in combination with epoxy and fiberglass, the combination giving a structure that can be stronger and lighter than plastic or fiberglass, rivaling the performance characteristics of more advanced composites such as carbon fiber.

As of late 2010 and early 2011 the tower has been undergoing structural reinforcement through the use of Fibrwrap, a durable yet thin fiberglass coating designed to protect and seal the concrete structure to help lengthen the life of the structure and protect it from the hard climates sometimes present in atlantic Canada.

The ATOLL hull was the largest fiberglass structure ever built at that time.

A windstorm had damaged a fiberglass structure and employees were using a welding torch to repair the steel frame, causing a fire that spread rapidly in the fiberglass material, accelerated by nearby ammonium perchlorate residue.

The protective nature of paper and fiberglass asphalt shingles primarily comes from the long-chain petroleum hydrocarbons, while wood shingles are protected by natural oils in the cellulose structure.