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Old 03-01-2005 | 11:55 PM
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Default Wing Covering Material Weight?

Hi

I have a YA F4, i was considering covering the wings with carbon fiber. My question is: What weight in cloth should i use to cover the wings?...is Carbon Fiber 5.7oz cloth too much or to little? If i was to go with just normal fiber glass cloth, what weight should i use?

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Old 03-02-2005 | 04:27 PM
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Default RE: Wing Covering Material Weight?

5.7 oz cloth is too heavy. It will soak up too much resin. Most use .50 or .75 oz glass cloth for the wings. Up to 2 oz for large birds in high stress areas. use some of the carbon in the high stress areas and put .50 glass over the whole thing.

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