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This plane build is for a birdman rally and the plane will crash into water on its maiden ( and probably last) flight
I'm starting on building a glider based on swift by aerianne wing design,
i've just got some carbon fibre tow ( 12k) to my surprise the tow is not very strong, you can break the fibres quite easily if you separate a small number of strands, anybody else used carbon fibre tow,is this usual? If it is usual I'm wondering where its strength comes from? Assuming I have bought genuine cf tow, it must be the epoxy that induces strength somehow???
very confused
this will be a very cheap build, so I intend experimenting with the tow in conjuction with probably bamboo skewers and plastic pipe, the plane is intended to crash!!!
........any crazy ideas on how to make a reasonably strong spar using cf tow in conjuction with household or cheap materials welcome.
dimension: wing span max 8metres
if i can make it too withstand a bit over 1g is the goal ( probably over 2g not required)
I'm starting on building a glider based on swift by aerianne wing design,
i've just got some carbon fibre tow ( 12k) to my surprise the tow is not very strong, you can break the fibres quite easily if you separate a small number of strands, anybody else used carbon fibre tow,is this usual? If it is usual I'm wondering where its strength comes from? Assuming I have bought genuine cf tow, it must be the epoxy that induces strength somehow???
very confused
this will be a very cheap build, so I intend experimenting with the tow in conjuction with probably bamboo skewers and plastic pipe, the plane is intended to crash!!!
........any crazy ideas on how to make a reasonably strong spar using cf tow in conjuction with household or cheap materials welcome.
dimension: wing span max 8metres
if i can make it too withstand a bit over 1g is the goal ( probably over 2g not required)