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Wood Blades vs. PVC Blades | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Wood Blades vs. PVC Blades (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by Aule Mar on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 10:13:59 AM MST
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Here a idea if anyone wants to run with it. In doing some model airplane work I have cut open a piece of PVC pipe, warmed it up under heat lamps (three in a row) till it was almost too hot to the touch and then flatened it out between two boards. Once it cooled I ended up with a nice flat pannel of PVC material, that could then be glued using regular PVC cement. Taking this idea one could make a flat pannel to glue onto back of the airfoil, making the blade stiffer, and conforming it to a more proper airfoil shape.

Could be a lot of work, but might be fun to experiment, and see what improvements could be gotten with PVC pipe.

Aule

Wood Blades vs. PVC Blades | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial)

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