trevor Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 deos any one know where to get fiber glass rod from for floters etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 I do. I'll PM you tomorrow the website. When I get back to my desktop and find the website. I got some carbon fibre rods that I use for floaters. Only a few quid each jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Most floaters are spring steel, not seen any fibreglass ones. Fibreglass itself wouldn't be much use, GRP or FRP might do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 found it I'll Pm you the site 5 mm x 1m carbon rod £3.95 p&p is £2.95 They do 5mm 5.5mm 6mm and 8mm jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Most floaters are spring steel, not seen any fibreglass ones. Fibreglass itself wouldn't be much use, GRP or FRP might do it. Not anymore they aint jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Carbon fibre I can see, but not glass fibre its too brittle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Glass fibre is more resilient than carbon fibre. Carbon fibre is more rigid and brittle than glass fibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 pin you're wrong. I use fg for all my floaters/bouncers and lofters and it works for me. 6mm x 1.5m lengths for the floaters/bouncers into metal ground spikes and 30' telescopics into metal ground spikes for the lofters. The lofters can also double as high flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Glass fibre is more resilient than carbon fibre. Carbon fibre is more rigid and brittle than glass fibre. Ok, but "glass fibre" is no use, Glass reinforced plastic or Fibre reinforced plastic perhaps (as I said before). I know fishing rods used to be made out of GRP/FRP but more recently carbon fibre (CFRP) because it's stronger and lighter. I was on about the main body of the floater, I know the bit that extends out of the spike is "white" on the ones I've seen, never did bother to think what that materiel was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Glass fibre is more resilient than carbon fibre. Carbon fibre is more rigid and brittle than glass fibre. Ok, but "glass fibre" is no use, Glass reinforced plastic or Fibre reinforced plastic perhaps (as I said before). I know fishing rods used to be made out of GRP/FRP but more recently carbon fibre (CFRP) because it's stronger and lighter. I was on about the main body of the floater, I know the bit that extends out of the spike is "white" on the ones I've seen, never did bother to think what that materiel was Hmm, "fibreglass" is frequently called glass fibre or GRP. They all amount to the same thing (the "glass" is not really glass but plasticised resin that sometimes looks like glass when cured. And if an item is resin saturated the wovings mostly dissapear. The benefits of Carbon fibre fishing rods are that they are lighter and more rigid than fiberglass ones, and therefore transfer bite vibrations to the hand better. There is also the "bling or buzz" factor of Carbon Fibre anything. I've never seen a floater but the white rods sticking out the end are probably pultruded grp which is usually made with white pigment in the polyester or vinylester resin. What are/were your RC heli rotor blades made from? Fiberglass ones, if flown at very low or scale RPM can curve into a coning angle on a rigid rotor head and dampen gusts because they are more flexible than carbons. They will also sometimes survive a minor grass or boom strike better than carbons that easily shatter because of their rigidity. I once got into a little bit of banter with Dave Whitney (NHP) when he was slicing a fencepost with the trailing edge of one of his carbon blades at a fly-in. He didn't respond when I suggested he shows what happens with a more realistic leading edge strike - like I could do on my glass G-BLADES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor Posted July 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 yes i went for the carbon bling on my twister 3d very brital and it sucks when u nip something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Glass fibre is more resilient than carbon fibre. ] Wrong with the statement that the "glass " in glass fibre is not glass, it actualy is glass in fine filament form, fibreglass is a trade name but generaly used to describe glass fibre , all resin based glassfibre re-inforced plastic (G.R.P)contains glassfibre mating or strands in some form or other saturated and bonded together in a clear, semi clear or coloured polyester resin, sorry to be corrective but been my job for 30 years and im just begining to to gel and go hard !! wrong place as well before anyone picks up on the hard ! Oh! and B&Q was the last place i bought some white 1mtr lengths of extruded glass rods in 6mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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