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.
.........bc AG4YQ Williamsburg, VA On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Wes Gibson wrote: > 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: > tapes or tow? What thicknesses are recommended? I don't have a vacuum > bagging system, so I'll have to use old fashion phone books to weight the > stuff while the epoxy dries. I did find an informational article by Bob > Vixie which helped out a lot, but he didn't talk about thicknesses. Anyway, > what does everybody recommend out there. > > Wes Gibson > AMA 607029 > LSF 7533 > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and > unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in > text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
