Thanks, Bill.
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On May 27, 2014, at 11:28 AM, "'William D. gowen' wdgowen_at_gmail.com [Indoor_Construction]" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> http://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/
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> Russian Unidirectional Fabric
> .08mm and .012mm x 210mm wide
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> On 5/27/2014 2:22 PM, Phedon Tsiknopoulos phedon21t_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
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>> Where do you get this Mike Woodhouse carbon strings or strands from cloth. Do you have the source, or anyone else?
>> Ciao, Phedon.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 27, 2014, at 6:29 AM, "mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction]" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Hi Linardic.
>>>
>>> Since Nick hasn't responded, I'll try to answer.
>>> I've seen Nick's F1D and we talked about this some.
>>>
>>> He used some of the Russian Unidirectional cloth sold by Mike Woodhouse. (CST's stuff cannot be separated easily.)
>>> He separates strands from the fabric and uses (IIRC) Ambroid to attach it to the wood.
>>> The way I understand this is that two jigs are required.
>>> One concave, one convex. The outline is built flat. I don't know if he uses temporary spacers or not.
>>> The outline is wetted and put down on the 'hill' jig. When dry, carbon is applied.
>>>
>>> Afterwards it is put into the 'valley' jig and carbon is again applied. Temp spacers, if used would be replaced with ribs.
>>>
>>> I don't know if the carbon is preglued, I imagine so, but some experimentation with technique could be useful.
>>> I'd first try suspending one end and pregluing it nice and straight before application. YMMV.
>>> I know that Nick doesn't like boron due to the buckling and he says that with the carbon he has had much less of an issue with buckling compared to boron.
>>>
>>> Covering is done with crinkled OS film. I believe he uses a covering jig a la Lutz as described by Nick Aikman.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Mike Kirda
>>>
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