[amsat-bb] Re: where to get Fiberglass rod for elevation rotors

[Gary "Joe" Mayfield]

Steel tubing works great, and is readily available, strong and cheap.  You
can find the details here:

http://www.g6lvb.com/fibermetalboom.htm

7s,
Joe kk0sd

-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:45 AM
To: 'James French'; 'AMSAT-BB'
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: where to get Fiberglass rod for elevation rotors

James,

If your friend has lots of money, M2 has a heavy duty split design with a
metal section in the middle to allow you to really tighten down on the
clamps.  

http://www.m2inc.com/products/acess/hdfgboom.html

There are other ways to accomplish that with less expensive hollow booms.

Alan
WA4SCA



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