Turkish621
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Does anyone know of anyone making carbon sticks? I feel like you could make a stick around 8 ounces of so with a 2 foot stick, curious if someone is working on a prototype.
Does anyone know of anyone making carbon sticks? I feel like you could make a stick around 8 ounces of so with a 2 foot stick, curious if someone is working on a prototype.
You can overbuild enough...but is the end result interesting at that point? And lightweight AL thinwall tubing has catastrophe potential too. There are too many components that get loaded every which way to make it an easy task for carbon.It has been tried. If they fail they will do so catastrophically. I may be wrong but I doubt you can make one that is safe
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Also worth noting - if a carbon stick fails there's almost certainly a higher danger than if a bolt fails. You're further from the tree. Your lmb is looser for this reason. You're likely to be putting more/all of your weight on that 1 stick. It's a further fall to the next one, and it's pointed right at your crotch.Obviously it can be done but by the time you strengthen it the weight goes up. Also when it does fail - it fails without warning. Just like a carbon bolt snapping or a $200 hockey stick shattering
I did try building one a while back. I was never comfortable with it
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Sorry older thread but over this holiday break I’m researching to make my own setup with carbon fiber sticks. So far I’ve used the Muddy Stagger Steps as a template and could make 5 that will get me 20’ and entire setup would be barely over 3#. Estimated cost is almost $1,500 though, excluding labor! I’ve worked with CF in aerospace industry. The hockey stick reference is due to abuse. These sticks truly should last a lifetime, just like my bow at that price. I feel like if I can get a design similar to standard sticks, I can get the build cost under $1,000 but hardly marketable.
My wonder is, does anyone think there are other guys out there that would invest that kind of scratch for sticks?
How do you define abuse? Aerospace applications have a big advantage of being able to define loading very precisely. When carbon fiber composites exceed their design load ("abuse")...they fail catastrophically and odten without warning. The anisotropy of composite material properties makes it really easy to abuse things inadvertently.’ve worked with CF in aerospace industry. The hockey stick reference is due to abuse. These sticks truly should last a lifetime, just like my bow at that price
Somebody posted about a company coming out with some call tree ninjas. I think they have a FacebookDoes anyone know of anyone making carbon sticks? I feel like you could make a stick around 8 ounces of so with a 2 foot stick, curious if someone is working on a prototype.
Oh I definitely meant the abuse as inadvertent. Hockey sticks get smacked around and a chip or nick makes that catastrophic failure much more likely.How do you define abuse? Aerospace applications have a big advantage of being able to define loading very precisely. When carbon fiber composites exceed their design load ("abuse")...they fail catastrophically and odten without warning. The anisotropy of composite material properties makes it really easy to abuse things inadvertently.