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I want to build a pair of skis for my senior project, and I know that my top composite layer/graphic layer is going to be carbon fiber. That will probably be the only layer of carbon fiber because of the cost (I just like the look). But I don't know if I should have multiple layers of fiberglass underneath that, or if the one layer of carbon fiber will suffice.

It probably depends on what type of carbon and what weight cabron you are using. If it is only unidirectional, you won't get much torsional stiffness and you might have to add some sort of composite on a 45 or 60 deg angle to improve the torsional stiffness. The 0/90 bias stff might be a little better but again not much in the way of torsional support.

But I've never done a full carbon only layup...

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