Re: ATM Carbon vs. Glass fiber for tube

[Mark Cowan <cowanm@open.org>]

Dave Pitou wrote:

>... In this type of application urethane foam or
> honeycomb would be a lighter choice than cardboard... 

There are rolls of 48" wide cork sheeting about 1/8-1/4" thick available
at a local hardware store, and I was considering laying up fiberglass on
that, over some kind of form for roundness.  Would cork (being light)
make a good inner layer?  I understand the stiffness comes from the dual
tube construction of the two layers of glass/carbon/kevlar...

-- 
Mark Cowan
<cowanm@open.org>
Salem, OR