by Simon Spode | Dec 14, 2020 | Composites, Design, Engineering, Innovation
PES Performance is helping to support our client, CrownCruiser Motors, to develop a state-of-the-art eBike. The project, known as the Rapture eBike is built with a lightweight and durable carbon-fibre monocoque in place of the traditional double-diamond bike frame. It...
by Simon Spode | Nov 25, 2020 | 3D Scanning, Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Classic Aircraft, Composites, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Defence, Design, Development, Engineering, Innovation, News
After four years on an incredibly challenging project, the Sea Dart jet powered seaplane aircraft has travelled under its own power for the first time. The original project brief from our client, The Little Jet Company, was to produce a reduced size, flying replica of...
by Simon Spode | Jun 13, 2020 | Automotive, Composites, Innovation, Manufacturing, News, Performance
Performance vehicle structures have long made extensive use of composite materials and the new generation of GM’s Corvette Stingray, continues the push. A key composite component of the new Corvette Stingray is a curved carbon fibre rear bumper beam, created through a...
by Simon Spode | Jan 23, 2020 | Composites, Design, Development, Innovation, Materials, News, Performance
Excerpt from an article originally published in Composite Manufacturing Magazine. After a slow start, composites manufacturers are taking advantage of graphene’s unique properties. In 2004, working at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, researchers...
by Simon Spode | Jan 22, 2019 | Aerodynamics, Composites, Design, Innovation, Performance, Wind Energy
A new research collaboration is utilising UK aerospace technology to develop a novel leading-edge protection system for off-shore wind turbines. The proposed solution could eliminate the need for intervention related to rain erosion, whilst paving the way for lighter...
by Hannah Reaney | Oct 10, 2018 | Composites, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Design, Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, News, Performance, Skills and Training
PES Performance expands their engineering design team from further afield- with a new recruit from Canada. Stefan Dalberg joins the PES Performance team as a Senior Design Engineer from Canada’s Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), where he was a Composite...