ORIGINAL: billberry189
I'm trying to get some information on the one inch carbon fiber wing tube you guys used. Not so much on where you obtained it , but how you used it. Does the aluminum tube slide inside the one inch carbon fiber tube or is it necessary to purchase another carbon fiber tube to slide inside of the one inch carbon fiber tube?
My understanding is that the 1-inch CF tube replaces the 7/8-inch aluminum tube. You then would need to make or purchase the correct-size sleeve to replace the ones that came with the kit. This does mean that all the holes have to be opened up from the original 1-inch to fit the new sleeve, which will be about 1.25 inches in diameter. The new sleeve can be made by wrapping the CF tube in something like plastic wrap and then wrapping layers of glass cloth and epoxy. Or you can be lazy like me and order the CF tube with matching phenolic tube from TnT.
I'm still trying to figure out a way to do that without having off-center or oblong holes. It seems the way to do it would be to stack all the parts and perform one opening operation. What to use as the opening tool remains a question.
Cheers,
Richard