Re: Re: Exact Builder of Model Rule

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:26:09 -0800

My motor tubes weigh 100-110mg before I add boron. I don't recall my
weights after I add boron, but 250-280 is way too heavy in my opinion. My
finished motor tubes with boron, bearing, rear hook, boom stub, and wing
posts weigh 300-320.


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>wrote:

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> On 30-Jan-14 21:09, Jake Palmer wrote:
> > Is it pure carbon fiber, or very thin carbon laminated over balsa?
> > How much do his models weigh?
> >
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> He described the construction such that it is rowing spread to as thin
> and even layer as possible, thus solid carbon and epoxy, no balsa. I
> tried to copy that construction, but found out that it is really hard t
> spread the carbon, without leaving too large holes. I do not recall how
> much the tubes weight, but I recall it was comparable to balsa tube with
> 4 borons. Not 180 mg as Kang requested, but rather 250 to 280 mg.
>
> -Tapio-
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