RE: carbon fibre and antenna
RDR, I haven't been back to this post in a while and it appears I helped stir up a nest. First I am amazed that people are successfully enclosing antenna in carbon booms. Someone posted earlier about playing it safe with such a big investment. I want to comment on that. Earlier I posted about other solutions for construction. What is the exact lay-up for this model, ie. sandwich core, vacuum bagging, solid skins, not bagging? If you went to vacuum bagging with a core, you could use glass and have a structure you could sit on and still be light with no reception worries.