G10 fuselage

[jaros]

Could a fuselage be made out of G10? I gues there is a reason why nobody is doing it...

[Tone]

yeah I can't see a reason why not.

It is quite hard to machine and turn though. not sure anyone makes sheets thick enough.

[gmb13]

G10 is way too soft. That is why you cannot make it out of pure G10. We used to use G10 as a core on the original Magma Foil fuses. These were wrapped in carbon to make them stiff. In theory you can make a g10 fuselage, but to achieve the stiffness it would have to be super thick.

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Gunnar

[Blackrat]

As Gunnar says , wrapping with biax carbon will give the piece tortional strength , essential for a nice stiff fuselage

[atomic-chomik]

Why bother? There are better options no?

[atomic-chomik]

Why bother? There are better options no?

[atomic-chomik]

Why bother? There are better options no?

[NorCalNomad]

Wow a fabled triple post.

Yup the cost and material properties makes it not worth it.

[Bletti]

Yes, you'd be more cost and labour efficient to do a wood core and spend the money on carbon.