Thanks for the info, guys. About what I expected, but not terribly bad. My currect experiements show that an AROG should come in sub-300 mg with this construction. A little overweight, but not bad, and much stronger, making it good for the turbulent places I have to use for test flying.
Good flying,
Joshua
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> Bill has perfectly summarised why I have chosen only to use boron on the motor stick if it needs it; nowhere else. If so, the wood selection could be improved. In this respect I regard 35 cm as being the ultimate class since there is no weight limit.
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> Bob
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> By my info:
> .015 x .015 4# balsa weighs .24mg per inch.
> .004 boron weighs .5mg per inch
> .003 boron weighs .3mg per inch
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: joshuawfinn
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:18 PM
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Boron construction
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> Has anyone tried using boron for outlines on the super light models such as AROG and 35 cm? I've been doing some experiments, and it seems viable, and much more durable than, say, .015 sq balsa, but I don't have a scale that can give me any idea of the weight penalty. Surely I'm not the first person to think of this, so there must be a reason it's not the common practice. Someone care to educate me?
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> Good flying,
> Joshua
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