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Eurostar 3000 satellite, 2000

2000

1980 Carbon/carbon fibre material

1980

Portable Count-Rite gaming kit with case and inner container made of phenol formaldehyde

1920-1939

Demonstration patch using carbon fibre reinforced resin in helicopter body panel

1980

Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878

1878

3D printed ankle foot orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

Carbon fibre strut

1973

3D printed hand orthotic

2012-2013

Rolls Royce 'Spirit of Innovation' electric aircraft

2021

Nose cone housing to upper body connector section

1962-1964

Nose cone housing section

1962-1964

Dunlop Max 200G Tennis Racket

1984

Upper set of false teeth

32nd America’s Cup Racing Yacht Model

2004-2005

Bebionic prosthetic hand

2017

Mould Charge of Dry Carbon Fibre - Black.

Curved sample of carbon-fibre-reinforced shape-memory polymer

2007

Square sample of carbon-fibre reinforced shape-memory polymer for use in shape-changing aircraft

2007

A complete VELO hybrid (Number 129) not attached to a pedestal

1997-2007

Specimens of carbon fibre filaments

Wooden weaving frame for carbon fibre fabric , with specimen attached.

3D printed ankle foot orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed ankle foot orthotic

2012-2013

Robobee

2015

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

3D printed insole orthotic

2012-2013

Flame test box, for identifying chemicals, 1851-1900

1851-1900

Portable incubator with surgical mattress, and incubator carrying bag

2008

Self-Pitching Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype, with wooden transport box and steel transport box trolley

2005-2006; 2014

50-Foot tape measure with notebook, British, 1846-1860

1846-1860

VELO Modules

1997-2007

Shell of a Riversimple Hydrogen Powered Car

2010

The first production example of the LotusSport ATB

1993
Kayak, Fusion Slalom (ex World Championships), by Gorilla Technology (P & H Co.), 1995. The kayak is made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic with a foam core.

Fusion Slalom kayak (ex World Championships) by Gorilla Technology

1995
Self-pitching three blade carbon fibre cyclic pitch propeller, prototype, designed and made by John Coxon, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, 2005-2006. This propeller was designed to be fitted to small motor vessel Volvo-Penta stern drive units. Originally, this propeller was designed for aircraft.

Self-Pitching Three-Blade Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype

2005-2006
Steel transport box trolley, for self-pitching three blade carbon fibre cyclic pitch propeller, prototype, designed and made by John Coxon, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, 2014. The propeller was designed to be fitted to small motor vessel Volvo-Penta stern drive units. Originally, the propeller was designed for aircraft.

Steel transport box trolley, for Self-Pitching Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype

2014
Filled nylon gear wheel of carbon fibre.

Filled nylon gear wheel of carbon fibre

Carbon fibre tube section.

Carbon fibre tube section

Pressure vessel made from wound carbon fibre filaments.

Pressure vessel made from wound carbon fibre filaments

Section of carbon fibre fan blade.

Section of carbon fibre fan blade

'Cheese' of carbon fibres.

'Cheese' of carbon fibres

High altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; cabin floor laminate resin manufactured by Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Europe; with overall cabin construction by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India. Following the 1974 world hot-air balloon altitude record - for demonstration purposes - the balloon cabin was fitted out with two dummy pilots in pressure suits

Hot-air Balloon ‘Daffodil II’ Cabin: 1974 World Altitude Record Holder

1973
Samples, 7 of 17, of carbon fibre fabric in different weaves.

Samples of Carbon Fibre Fabric

Cabin shell woven-roving carbon fibre and fibre-glass sheet sample; a taped-on label reads: “Sample piece of cabin shell made before construction of cabin”, designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon cabin: ‘Daffodil II’, with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Cabin shell sample, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1973
A KW7 Lowline kayak, made of glass fibre reinforced plastic stiffened with Grafil® Courtaulds Carbon fibres, manufactured by Streamlyte Mouldings (Marine) Ltd, c.1965-1979. The upper section is painted red, while the lower is left unpainted to show the structure. A plate on the body of the kayak reads: “KW Kayaks – nameplate by Malby-Cal Ltd, Brighton".

Kayak made of glass fibre reinforced plastic stiffened with carbon fibre

1962-1980