From: "Del Brom" <dluciusbromlll@...>
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: Cross Tail Dimensions
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: Cross Tail Dimensions
--- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "jimmy_otool" <jimmy_otool@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks John - I failed to look in the Misc Photo file - my goof.
> Another question I didn't find an answer to while searching the
> messages - has anyone used a carbon fiber leading edge on the bug to
> save some weight over the dowel - or is this just a dumb idea (I'm
> new to DLGs - so not sure if there is some technical feasibility
> issue here as well). Thanks,
> J
>
It's not a dumb idea and could be done easily. However, 1/8 dowel is
cheap, readily available, very light and very easy to work with. In my
opinion there wouldn't really be any advantage to using carbon for
leading edge.