I have used steel shafts, but my favorite is carbon fibre shafts from an archery supply. They come in many diameters and I usually try for the smallest. For tapered booms I use a steel one. I have friends that use musical batons of various tapers. I almost forgot, some people use glass rods. They all work pretty good. Ron Williams book on indoor flying is excellent as well as Lew Guitlow's. Ron
--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Neil Dennis <wombatt_at_gmail.com> wrote:
From: Neil Dennis <wombatt_at_gmail.com>
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] rolled motor sticks
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 5:29 PM
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Take a look here, 'bout as clear as can be. FWIW, I usually use steel
rods stripped from an old printer, nice smooth polished stuff.
wombat
Received on Fri Sep 03 2010 - 14:57:16 CEST