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Composites as bearing surfaces

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pictsidhe

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I've been pondering this a while, but can't find much about it. Do composite make reasonable bearing surfaces? I'm not thinking of shafts at thousands of RPM, but control linkages and maybe telescopic landing gear. I believe that glass is pretty abrasive, but I'm unsure about carbon and kevlar. Anyone tried this or have any references?
 
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