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Weight of rod/tube (per metre)

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By Del the Cat - 1/28/2019 2:40:41 PM

Hi, I'm interested in the weight per meter of 3 and 3 mm OD  pultruded carbon fibre tube and the 5mm OD woven carbon fibre tube.
This would be for making flight arrows, these are arrows made specifically for shooting the maximum distance. This is a rather niche application and is for wooden bows which I make, (not the modern hi tech bows which shoot much further)
My current personal best is 341 yards with a wooden arrow and I expect a carefully selected and made carbon fibre arrow would get me another 50 yards!
I'm hoping to break the 1/4 mile eventually  :-)
Thanks
Del
By Del the Cat - 1/28/2019 6:23:22 PM

 
Rich (Staff) - 1/28/2019 5:29:03 PM
Hi Del the Cat,

3mm Solid Rod =10.6g / metre
3mm(2mm) Tube = 6g / metre
5mm(3mm) Tube = 18g / metre

I hope this helps - The weights are listed under the specification tabs for each of the tubes/rods (for future reference).

Cheers... I should have looked harder... my bad
Del