Re: carbon VP hub data?

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:09:06 -0000

Hi Mark.

The plan calls for fiberglass on a bias wrapped around an approximate 1/16" square form. No carbon involved AFAIK.

I made one but it was over target weight and I never used it.
It is difficult to work with this thin fiberglass wetted out without deforming it. Making tubes (instead of tissue) is substantially easier and they are far more robust. My next hubs will be made this way.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler@...> wrote:
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> If anyone has bought a Treger VP, can you give some data about the carbon tube hub, such as wall thickness and diameter? Or if you know the weight of the raw tube per inch, even better. My balsa hubs are 15-16mg (1.05" long) and I'm wondering how much weight may be saved with carbon tube.
> thanks,
> MB
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Received on Thu Feb 28 2013 - 13:09:08 CET