H5606

After mulling this subject over, selected the 3/8" carbon tube for a full-flying controllable surface. First order of business was to try to make a sleeve:

Spiral wrapped the 3/8" carbon tube with a 2" wide strip of clear Monokote and buffed it with some carnauba based car wax I found in the garage.

Cut 2" wide 6 oz glass cloth, wet cloth out on some scrap paper with a credit card squeegee, spiral wrapped tube with a single layer (like a drinking straw or cardboard tube). It released fine but I wasn't happy with the flexing so I applied red brand Scotch tape lengthwise (probably a mistake) to the carbon tube, waxed it and slid the sleeve back on again - added another layer of glass cloth, wrapped it with some peel ply and another piece of clear Monokote this time - used a heat gun to shrink the exterior Monokote cinching it all against the tube. Long story short - I could see that some resin made it's way to the inside surface during application of second layer - I knew at this point it probably would be a problem and it was...

Pulling the sleeve off was a SOB but some coaxing with repeated heating and cooling, tapping, unintentionally fracturing the end of the carbon tube (only a couple inches luckily), cursing, praying, and blisters from twisting and pulling over a span of two days, I now have a useable sleeve. I think it will be long enough to cut into four individual pieces for each blade/wing panel.