muka waro i roto i te waka
Te mahara ki te kākano karbona i roto i ngā motokā he whakamua whakawhiti i te hanganga motokā, e tuku mai ana i te hīnati o te rangatūtanga, te whakatere me te noho ranei. Ko tēnei materiana matataki e pānuitia ana i ngā kiri karbona iti ātaahua, e whai wāhi ana ki te hanga i tētahi materiana komihana tohunga. I te wā e whakamahi ana i te motokā, ko ngā atu materiana karbona ka whakapakari i te resin epoxy hei hanga i te karbona whakapakari polimera (CFRP). Kei te nui ake nei te whakamahi o tēnei materiana i waenga i ngā wāhi rerekē o ngā motokā, mai i ngā paerewa tinana, ngā wāhi kaweae motokā ki ngā whenu i roto. Ko te take tuatahitia o te karbona ki ngā motokā he whakaiti i te mana tinana o te motokā, ahakoa ko te pai rawa pea te whakarite i te whiuwhiu tinana. Ka tukuna e tēnei whakaiti i te mana tinana ki te whakapai i te whiu motokā, te whakapai i te mahi, me te whakapai i ngā āhuatanga kaweae. Ki runga i ngā momo hanga hou, ka taea e te karbona te hanga i ngā mata whakariterite, ka whakaae ai ngā kaihanga motokā ki te hanga i ngā poraka haukainga, kaore i taea ki ngā materiana tawhito. Ko te nuinga o te mana o te karbona ki ngā taumata mana, he pai tōna ki ngā motokā matataki me ngā motokā mōkai, kei reira tonu te whakapai i te mana motokā i roto i te whakaiti i ngā karamu mana. Ahakoa ko te pai rawa hoki o te karbona ki te whakapai i ngā hurihanga me te pai rawa hoki i te whakaritenga ki ngā hurihanga anake.