DIY Carbon Fiber Tubes

id recommend using peel ply instead of the fiberglass. you can remove it later and it does pretty much the same thing to the tube.

Man I really wish you make a TVC nozzle for a large custom made solid rocket motor, be it a ball joint design or a bellow design, I would really love to see that and also it would be an Interesting challenge, i messaged JB also on Insta regarding this, didn't got a reply, hopefully you do this it'll be a fun learning experience

please change your smoke alarms batteries! I can hear them beeping in the background.

Could you potentially use this method to make composite SRM casings? Or is filament winding the best way to do that?

Maybe I need to try this. My Balls project next year is a minimum diameter 75mm M to M multi stage rocket. What launch are you going to, or is it a FAR trip?

Any plans to continue the liquid propellant rocket engine?

So you made a carbon fiber centitube 🙃

Nice tutorial Charlie! I find using a foam roller to spread the epoxy over the cloth makes things easier. Instead of the heat shrink tape, have you tried one of those heat shrink sleeves?

Can u show us also ur DIY furnace?

which material is better for the rocket body; aluminum or carbon fiber?

Don't you think it would be a good idea to make a carbon fiber liquid rocket engine because carbon fiber absorbs the radiation and can stand lots of heat and cold like if it enters space? Don't you think?

That seems incredibly easy to do

Hi, thank you for this informative video ! Considering you experience with carbon fiber, I would like to submit an inquiry. I am building a folding bikes with carbon fiber tubes and steel lugs. The torsional stiffness of the Roll Wrapped tube is disapointing. I your opinion, how much better would a Pull Winded or Braided tube would perform in torsion compared to a Roll Wrapped ? Regards

How about a 90°degree part???

mould release!

How do you know what oz of carbon fiber cloth you need? Im looking online for carbon fiber square tubes and prices are very high. But i want to build a 3D printer gantry with this for a project. Is vacuum forming something you could do or is that just ridiculous?

edit: by the way, if you posted the materials im sure you would get a kickback from affiliate links, just mention that those are affiliate links so people don't get mad.

where did you buy heat shrink tape?

It is a composite once you have added the binding material. A brick wall whit plaster is a composite. Before you bond them they are brick and plaster.

I should have watched this earlier, my tube failed badly

Cool video and I really wish you would have showed the end process a little more but still informative. I also like the fact that you wrapped it with fiberglass after knowing that you have to sand through that. Does this coming from someone who makes hundreds of infusion carbon fiber parts a year. Great video!

hey charlie we are currently building a new rocketry team in our university and needed some help with composites, would you be able to help us?