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Originally Posted by island911
Yeah, those CF tail-wheel springs look great. ...for an RC toy. :-/
Seriously, CF has some low strain to failure ... the fibers aren't stretchy. With the right geometry (of the structure) and the fiber orientation CF can make for a nice spring, but a quick glance of that lmgtfy link showed a lot of bad designs with CF applied (poorly) ...and for RC toys.
I suspect that you should be looking for a structure that has gentle curves - looks like a rev-curve bow. Maybe a with an S-glass.
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I gotta do ALL the work? I was giving him a starting point.
This is a Garret we're talking to. He won't actually BUY anything anyway. They shop, then ***** about the price, then go off and make it themselves every dammed time...