By rodread - 8/6/2019 9:28:34 AM
Hi Folks, thanks for making this forum.
There's loads of great advice here.
I've been making ~ 60 cm diam rings by bending 5mm carbon rod , setting the ends inside a cuff and sewing these inside a dacron sleeve.
This puts the carbon rod under a lot of initial stress. So much that vinylester rods break randomly in the night. I should use epoxy.
From here they are compressed even more by 6 lines on a tensile torque transmission system.
This is a very weird project making a flying wind turbine... https://windswept-and-interesting.co.uk
I'd love any suggestions or advice on how to make these rings better. ..I can't afford a bike wheel for every ring in a stack
Is there anywhere which makes a set pultruded coil which I could cut and set as a ring?
Is there anyone makes a prepreg packing or sealing gasket I could wrap around a large cylinder?
Should I just make corner blocks and use straight rods?
Thanks in advance
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By latinamruitment - 8/7/2019 3:34:43 PM
Very interesting, good job and thanks for sharing such a good article.
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