Carbon Fiber Veil

Which weight should I use to cover my Magnum fuse. Art's Hobby has 10 gram and 17 gram.
Thanks

LAST EDITED ON May-07-06 AT 07:02 AM (CST)
 
>Which weight should I use to cover my Magnum fuse. Art's
>Hobby has 10 gram and 17 gram.
>Thanks

Neither use .02

Aerospace composites

357 Stealth Court
Livermore, CA 94551
Order Desk: (800)811-2009 Technical Assistance: (925)443-5900
FAX (925)443-5901

Robert Storick
AMA 12366
Saint Louis,MO.

Thanks Sparky

>>Which weight should I use to cover my Magnum fuse. Art's
>>Hobby has 10 gram and 17 gram.
>>Thanks
>
>Neither use .02
>
>Aerospace composites
>
>357 Stealth Court
>Livermore, CA 94551
>Order Desk: (800)811-2009 Technical Assistance:
>(925)443-5900
>FAX (925)443-5901

Also, specify "soft" veil!!! There are two kinds, one that looks very uniform and is relatively stiff, and a different kind that is sort of uneven and fuzzy. You want the uneven and fuzzy kind, NOT the uniform and stiff kind. The reason the "stiff' kind is stiff is that it has much more sizing holding the fibers togethers and that sizing is paint-proof, leading to pinholes. The pinholes on my (now wrecked) Infinity probably kept me out of 3-4 Walker flyoffs.

When I asked Aerospace about the two types, they indicated to me that ALL of their veil products were of the "soft" variety now.

FWIW

My experience with Arts is that it uses the solvent proof binder so will not lay down well in dope or epoxy except on simple curves or flats.

The Aerspace Composites that Sparky recomends is all made with the proper binder. the .2 oz stuff is correct.

Thanks Curt

>The Aerspace Composites that Sparky recomends is all made
>with the proper binder. the .2 oz stuff is correct.

But I thought he said .02. Maybe he's got a secret source..

LAST EDITED ON May-07-06 AT 10:20 PM (CST)
 
TWO TENTHS

Clear enough?

Robert Storick
AMA 12366
Saint Louis,MO.

No need to shout.

He did but I'm sure it was just a typo.

LAST EDITED ON May-08-06 AT 11:40 AM (CST)
 
OK, I figured it out...

The stuff is 0.2 ounces per square yard.

It mikes to 0.002" inches thick.

It sounds like we're mixing weight & thickness.

I have never seen anyone refer to dry (unimpregnated ) fabrics in any way but weight per sq yard or meter.

Many then sell or refer to the same stuff once it has been put into a matrix by the finished panel thickness.

>OK, I figured it out...
>
>The stuff is 0.2 ounces per square yard.
>
>It mikes to 0.002" inches thick.
>
>It sounds like we're mixing weight & thickness.

No, it's bit of typing dyslexia - .02 instead of 0.2.

BTW, it's just a hair less than that - something like .175 oz/sq yard

Is this what Aerospace Products calls "carbon mat"? It's the only thing in there catalog that I could find at .2oz. There "Areo Vail" had no weight rating.

Leonard Rennick

Is this what Aerospace Products calls "carbon mat"?

YES