Performance Composites Ltd. in the UK make tubes from 610 Gpa modulus fibre prepreg in various sizes from 2mm ID to 15" OD and up to 9 Metres long
www.performance-composites.com
Having viewed your drawing i would suggest that you either;
Make the plate and tubes as a one piece moulding laying pieces of fabric into the corner such that it forms part of both the plate and the tube.
Make the tubes first, position them and layup the plate around them, again ensure some of...
Even a .pdf file is not secure, i have seen a program called pdf2txt or simmilar that converts the .pdf back into text in a manner simmilar to the OCR (optical character recognition)software that comes with a scanner.
Carbon Fibre Rolls up to 15" dia. x 30 ft. long are available from Performance Composites Ltd. in the UK
Lighter than metal for the same stiffness, competetive prices as well.
Send details to;
sms@performance-composites.com
For someone to write
I personally would not want a composite blade for such reasons.'
I can only assume there that there are a people who do not know what they are doing, making and selling rotor blades more suitable for a windmill than a helicopter.
Nobody in their right mind uses...
Performance Composites Ltd in the UK have various fibres left over from some MMC research projects including
'Nicalon' silicon carbide fibre
Alumina fibre
Boron filaments woven with titanium.
P55 & P75 Carbon fibre.
contact email sms@performance-composites.com
Hi,
I was just about to direct you to www.cadkey.com but it doesnt seem to be working.
Fortunately I still have copies of the conversion utilities previously available as free downloads on the above site.
These utilities will convert any old version .prt files for use with Cadkey 97, 98, 19...
Hi,
How about some Boron Fibre in the surface at 90 deg. to the wire?
Boron Fibre at about 0.1mm dia and 400Gpa modulus may act as a bridge across the underlying fibres.
We have some Boron fibre fabric/alligned tape (Boron Warp / Titanium Weft)NOTE: WEAR EYE PROTECTION WHEN CUTTING THIS STUFF...
Hi,
If you are building a static model almost any material that can support its own weight will do, balsa each side of a hardwood central spar should be easy to sand and then paint.
For a flying rotor blade even a model, your oprions are again wood, wood covered in composite material...