google around a bit about carbon fiber textile and synthetic textile....hard not to say carbon fiber is a textile (eg, en.wikipedia.org/.../Textile)
polyester/dacron, nylon, spandex/lycra etc (man made chemicals) are textiles
also, note the advertising of today's legal suits...lots of chemistry at work
the plane you see to the left....I built from various textiles....eg, fiberglass and carbon fiber. The carbon fiber textile came in a soft weaved fabric.
Hrmm... I wonder how well it would work as a suit... it wouldn't absorb ANY water and you'd literally slip right through the water...
I think carbon fiber would be considered non-textile.
Are you thinking of swimming inside one of these tubes? :afraid:
Well if its a fiber - couldn't they make it in to something you can wear? Or am I failing to understand the concept of "textile" ?
google around a bit about carbon fiber textile and synthetic textile....hard not to say carbon fiber is a textile (eg, en.wikipedia.org/.../Textile)
polyester/dacron, nylon, spandex/lycra etc (man made chemicals) are textiles
also, note the advertising of today's legal suits...lots of chemistry at work
the plane you see to the left....I built from various textiles....eg, fiberglass and carbon fiber. The carbon fiber textile came in a soft weaved fabric.
Hrmm... I wonder how well it would work as a suit... it wouldn't absorb ANY water and you'd literally slip right through the water...
I didn't find anything on the FINA website that dictated what was considered a textile, but here's what the swimwear rule says:
GR 5.4 Before any swimwear of new design, construction or material is used in competition, the manufacturer of such swimwear must submit the swimwear to FINA and obtain approval of FINA.
I think the main thing is that the "fabric" has to be permeable, right?
I didn't find anything on the FINA website that dictated what was considered a textile, but here's what the swimwear rule says:
GR 5.4 Before any swimwear of new design, construction or material is used in competition, the manufacturer of such swimwear must submit the swimwear to FINA and obtain approval of FINA.
I think the main thing is that the "fabric" has to be permeable, right?
Well - would a "hydrophobic" material really be "permeable" ? I mean - the fabric itself wouldn't be what was holding the water.
Question:
I know of someone making "custom suits" for people. Are those suits legal? Or do they have to have a FINA stamp?
(This person has questionable ethics as well. That's why I ask.)
I didn't find anything on the FINA website that dictated what was considered a textile
This is exactly right. FINA doesn't have a rule specifically banning non-textile suits or non-permeable suits. Their new stance is that any new suit design needs to be approved, so it's sort of up to them what will be allowed. I'd say the chances a carbon fiber suit would be approved are close to nil.
This is exactly right. FINA doesn't have a rule specifically banning non-textile suits or non-permeable suits. Their new stance is that any new suit design needs to be approved, so it's sort of up to them what will be allowed. I'd say the chances a carbon fiber suit would be approved are close to nil.
Well - the only way it should be disapproved is if it creates buoyancy right? Just because a material is "hydrophobic" wouldn't necessarily mean its buoyant. So my guess is if they could make it into a thread (i.e. something you could then use to make a fabric/textile) then they could probably make it into a (possibly itchy) suit (Makes me think of fiber glass)
Please note - I'm not actually all gung ho for this, I really just wanted to create some nerdy discussion on a video I found that I thought was really cool.
Well - the only way it should be disapproved is if it creates buoyancy right?
I don't think so. When FINA did test for buoyancy lots of the rubberized suits passed, yet those suits are still banned today (Jaked, Blue Seventy, etc.).
