Carbon Sock Bagging.

[Vanders]

www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10123947&highlight=carbon+fiber+socking#post10123947

I thought this was an interesting way of beefing up a fuse, I'm thinking of trying to find a cheap fuse to practice on, I wouldn't mind trying this on my Ocelot fuse if I could get the technique down.

[Pij]

That finished fibre fuse looked fantastic, but I agree with the guy who wanted to try the method using lost foam technique. Carbon sock over fibreglass fuse seemed like overkill.

[Vanders]

Sept 28, 2008 18:36:26 GMT 10 Pij said:

That finished fibre fuse looked fantastic, but I agree with the guy who wanted to try the method using lost foam technique. Carbon sock over fibreglass fuse seemed like overkill.

I wasn't sure what he meant by that?

[portfox]

Vanders, I went down this road a while back, but the sock type glass/carbon was impossible to find in australia, please let me know if you find some.

Good idea for lost foam method.

S

[ezza]

Sept 29, 2008 8:58:35 GMT 10 portfox said:

Vanders, I went down this road a while back, but the sock type glass/carbon was impossible to find in australia, please let me know if you find some.

Good idea for lost foam method.

S

I know it isn't in Australia but these carbon socks/sleeves are fairly economical. www.sollercomposites.com/composites/carbon%20fiber%20sleeves.html

Yum, yum!!

Eric

[Vanders]

Yes these guys will ship to Australia www.sollercomposites.com/composites/carbon%20fiber%20sleeves.html

Thinking of getting some to have a play with, was thinking of trying to find an old fuse to practice on, the finished product sure looks the goods.

[skyboyken]

Vanders,

Be A Man!!! - Do the Fazer first !

This looks like a fantastic method for turning a fuselage that doesn't seem quite durable enough, into a baseball bat!

Of course if you have a fuse you can always use it as a plug to make a mold, and then you can use whatever layup you like. Before anyone firebombs me for this, I mean for your own use, not for sale.

But if you just want to toughen up a fuse then this seems a great way to do it. The only downside is that carbon can cause radio issues in both 36MHz and 2.4GHz setups.

FWIW back in the day when I used to build composites we used to run carbon tow down the top and bottom of our 3m glider fuses, and that worked really well to stop them breaking the tailboom in the typical whiplash incident. That way you don't create any radio issues as there's not enough carbon to cause problems.

Ken.