Building a kiteboard, need advice
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:07 am
Hi guys,
Im new to kiteboarding, and to save on equipment i plan on building the board myself. I have a lot of experience in r/c planes i.e. fiberglass and carbon . Since im limited to the types of foam I can find in my area, my question is whether it is possible to build a board with pink/blue foam core. You know i wont be pushing the board to its limits. Furthermore how much layers of fiberglass would be needed? From what i read, 3 layers of 6 oz fiberglass should do the job?
One more thing, a friend of mine has a cnc machine for cutting foam. Would that make a good board? To cut the desired shape on a cnc out of pink/blue foam, and strengthen it with couple layers of fiberglass?
Im new to kiteboarding, and to save on equipment i plan on building the board myself. I have a lot of experience in r/c planes i.e. fiberglass and carbon . Since im limited to the types of foam I can find in my area, my question is whether it is possible to build a board with pink/blue foam core. You know i wont be pushing the board to its limits. Furthermore how much layers of fiberglass would be needed? From what i read, 3 layers of 6 oz fiberglass should do the job?
One more thing, a friend of mine has a cnc machine for cutting foam. Would that make a good board? To cut the desired shape on a cnc out of pink/blue foam, and strengthen it with couple layers of fiberglass?