I've already done it.
Aircraft homebuilders began doing back in the late seventies.
Where the hell have you guys been?
Again, Franklin - we're not talking about aircraft on this forum. And I know about airplane kits, I've helped guys here in Doodah with their planes.
And we've all been in the real world, which you couldn't find if you wanted to!
The first sandwich composite vehicle in which the occupant walked away from a 200 mph crash wasn't a high dollar Indy or Formula One car. It wasn't built at a factory or a raceshop. It was built in a garage.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Amsoil/Rutan-68-Amsoil/1112526/M/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSOIL_Racer"The construction began in January, 1981 in Sacramento, California, first in a garage and then in a hangar. During the construction phase, Amsoil signed on as a sponsor, in order to promote its new synthetic aviation motor oils. The plane was built from fiberglass, kevlar and graphite composites. First flight took place that summer, but the aircraft was damaged by heat from the engine's exhaust. After it was rebuilt, it was entered into the 1981 Reno Air Races."
"At the 1983 Reno Air Races, during one of the early heat races, Mortensen had to maneuver in order to avoid a mid-air collision with Sorceress, ending up entering that plane's wake turbulence only 35 feet (11 m) off the ground. With so little altitude to recover, the AMSOIL Racer hit the ground at over 200 mph (320 km/h), tumbling. The plane was completely destroyed, but since Rutan had designed the cockpit to withstand a 22G impact, Mortensen survived with only minor injuries."
Here's more extremely strong composite structures built without an autoclave.
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/flugzeug-bauen-e.htmlhttp://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/sicherheitscockpit-e.html