Re: Re: Exact Builder of Model Rule [1 Attachment]

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:09:07 -0800

Is it pure carbon fiber, or very thin carbon laminated over balsa? How
much do his models weigh?


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>wrote:

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> [Attachment(s) <#143e47f1239e4576_TopText> from Tapio Linkosalo included
> below]
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> On 30-Jan-14 20:27, Jake Palmer wrote:
> > Not to be a downer, but a carbon fiber motor tube won't work for F1D.
> > Carbon fiber has a density somewhere around 100 pounds per cubic
> > foot. To get even close to a comparable weight you would need a wall
> > thickness around .0005". Even a smaller diameter tube won't get you
> > close enough to matter.
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> Please do not tell that to Tomas Momot of Poland, who has been using CF
> motor tube for several years in his models!
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> -Tapio-
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