] Carbon fiber reinforced spars
Building a new woodie RES and this time I want to reinforce the top and
bottom spars with carbon fiber. I've been looking over the CST and
Aerospace
Composite Products web sites ending up with more questions than answers.
I
know I should use unidirectional carbon fiber
You might look into the premade material. from either of your sources. I
have some .007 material that is 1/4 wide and plan to bond this with WEST
systems to the spar caps. It is avail in many widths and several
thicknesses, even tapered I believe.
.bcAG4YQ Williamsburg, VA
On
There's another carbon product you might consider - Jim Marske* sells
Graphlite, a very high modulus carbon (rod, rectangle). I had a scale
builder recommend it, and it's pretty great. I bought a roll of it
(like working with spring steel), and I've been using it for a couple
years now.
Cuts
Calculator. Standard disclaimers apply.
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From: Harley Michaelis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Carbon fiber reinforced spars
Wes. . .it will be easiest to work with the rigid, pre
A word of warning Douglas.
Carbon fiber dust is a very bad substance to get into your lungs. When you
cut it with a dremel you should, at a minimum, be wearing a filter that
prevents the dust from entering your lungs. At best, you should be doing it
in an environment that doesn't leave the dust
Here's a good article Jim put out
http://www.continuo.com/marske/ARTICLES/Carbon%20rods/carbon.htm
- short answer to the size question is (.092 x .220)
Good luck,
Brent
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Title: Re: [RCSE] Carbon fiber reinforced
spars
Hi Wes,
I am in the process of building a Majestic. Mark Drela has
provided a series of suggested modifications for the Majestic, one of
which is to add carbon fiber to the spars. For this 110-in.-span
plane, he recommends tapered carbon fiber
Look in R/C Groups/Sailplanes/Thermal and find the
original Houston Hawk thread. In the first 100 replys
there is a good system shown for spars of the Houston
Hawk. It's a 126 RES ship and the winf has so far
proven winch proof. I used .060 top and .030 bottom
caps with no spruce. I wrapped only
Building a new woodie RES and this time I want to reinforce the top and
bottom spars with carbon fiber. I've been looking over the CST and Aerospace
Composite Products web sites ending up with more questions than answers. I
know I should use unidirectional carbon fiber, but what's easier to use:
, January 23, 2005 8:27 PM
Subject: [RCSE] Carbon fiber reinforced spars
Building a new woodie RES and this time I want to reinforce the top and
bottom spars with carbon fiber. I've been looking over the CST and
Aerospace
Composite Products web sites ending up with more questions than answers. I
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