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roborg
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matchsticks & balsa cement, i reckon u'd need 315,000 matches to make an 1850horn
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What I cannot create, I do not understand
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spaceman
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tin foil?
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Andrew
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I think Hexagrip and diamond board may already be composite boards.
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Timber_MG
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They might make for suitable skin materials in a composite. Just check
that it bonds to your core and make a sandwich and you're set for
something very stiff and lightweight (the strength is a function of
core thickness)
I am affraid that just using plastic would be very sub-optimal. |
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Andrew
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Has anyone tried plastic flight case material, heavily braced? Items that spring to mind are Hexagrip, FLight panel, and diamond board, but I'm not sure about the construction of all these materials. |
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davey t
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HZ used to do a great BP sub made out of plastic. It was very light and compact. |
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Timber_MG
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Fibre-glass (or better still carbon fibre) with a honey-comb (balsa end-grain might work too) core material. Similar to what is used by some boat-builders.
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spaceman
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papier mache
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Andrew
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Balsa?
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spaceman
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fiberglass prehaps? i have though about fiberglass as a material but it would take a lot of time and money to get a desired thickness plus fiber glassing stinks, bad for you, expensive and extreamly messy.
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Timber_MG
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Smaller, yes, but with the added bonus of a higher fc. To make it really ligth you could considder a composite material, but now you're talking money.
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djeddie
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'A lighter design'? You could always make it out of cardboard! Sorry, couldn't resist it |
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