This is a project to make a carbon fiber landing gear for the 35% scale Cap
232. The original aluminum gear weighs 16 ounces and is plenty strong.
But it has developed a stress crack due to one too many bending back and forth
cycles. I made a wooden frame or mold to lay up layers of carbon fiber as
follows:
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Wooden Mold to form landing gear |
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Cut CF strips from 10 ounce cloth. I used about 30 of these |
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Here you can see the "U" channel |
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Laying up the CF into the mold |
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Freshly popped out of the mold |
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Cleaned up and weighs 12.5 ounces |
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Finished Carbon Fiber Landing Gear |
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