DIY Carbon Fiber Tubes

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  • @onurmemis3618
    @onurmemis3618 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Any plans to continue the liquid propellant rocket engine?

    • @barmetler
      @barmetler 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think he works on liquid rocket engines in his day job now, maybe it is true that it's a mistake to turn a hobby into a job XD I can imagine it doesn't feel like time off of work to do the same thing.

  • @AirCommandRockets
    @AirCommandRockets ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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?

    • @EPIC.Engineering
      @EPIC.Engineering ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I checked your channel out it's amazing.

  • @oiphebal
    @oiphebal ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @smokken10
    @smokken10 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @panpan6262
    @panpan6262 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about a 90°degree part???

  • @tobiyarbrough5239
    @tobiyarbrough5239 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How do you think this method would work on a larger telescope tube? 7.5" outside diameter.

  • @awsabdullah8127
    @awsabdullah8127 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can u show us also ur DIY furnace?

  • @amdetalhes
    @amdetalhes หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whatss name taper? Or brand, please

  • @techdiyer5290
    @techdiyer5290 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @thomasrogers8239
    @thomasrogers8239 ปีที่แล้ว

    That seems incredibly easy to do

    • @SpaceArachnid
      @SpaceArachnid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Until you try it...

  • @mavisevda
    @mavisevda 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where did you buy heat shrink tape?

  • @bottomofthemap696
    @bottomofthemap696 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @raphaelpanier9712
    @raphaelpanier9712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The braided sleeve tube will dramatically outperform the pullstruded tube in torsion. Your goal is to have fibers running in the direction of the principal load axis.

    • @AntonKosiaraPedersen
      @AntonKosiaraPedersen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Try looking at Easy Composites TH-cam channel. They have test of carbon fiber tubes.

  • @RealingLusion
    @RealingLusion 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I should have watched this earlier, my tube failed badly

  • @suryamani1235
    @suryamani1235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! The winder is probably a better idea as this manual method is a bit tedious, but it totally works.

    • @shere_kan8329
      @shere_kan8329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To make a composite pressure vessel you need to have the fibers running in a particular direction : 55° from the axis of the tube. Here, the fibers are at 90/0° which makes it a fairly poor pressure vessel.
      In order to make a composite motor case, without the expense of a winder, you may use CF sleeves (choose the right nominal diameter to have a 55° angle)

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shere_kan8329 There's no reason I couldn't cut the cloth at an angle to achieve more appropriate properties, similarly the 57 degree wind angle presumes that 100% of the load is from internal pressures, which may not be the case for a motor/airframe combination.

    • @shere_kan8329
      @shere_kan8329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @AstroCharlie I get what you mean, but let's face it : it would be a huge pain in the ass, and weaker in the end because the fibers wouldn't be as long due to limited cloth width.

    • @lr21643
      @lr21643 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@shere_kan8329 You can get "biaxial" fabric, which has fibers at +/-45 degrees. That might be a bit closer for a pressure vessel. Some of it is woven, but I've also seen stitched biaxial, at least in fiberglass, which has straighter fibers.

  • @joshsickles1163
    @joshsickles1163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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?

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FAR Trip!

    • @joshsickles1163
      @joshsickles1163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @AstroCharlie I would love a followup video after the flight with feedback on the homemade carbon fiber tube! If it works out good I will have tontry this for the BALLs project.

  • @omkumbu9699
    @omkumbu9699 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please make shaft pool wiyh carbon fiber

  • @kayomichael
    @kayomichael 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    mould release!

  • @thorstenoerts
    @thorstenoerts ปีที่แล้ว

    So you made a carbon fiber centitube 🙃

  • @treavormiller9552
    @treavormiller9552 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fun fact, I had been looking for that smoke alarm since I bought the house. In one of the shop bathrooms they had a spare alarm in one of the drawers and it took me, no kidding, almost 2 years to find.

  • @awsabdullah8127
    @awsabdullah8127 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @AstroCharlie
      @AstroCharlie  ปีที่แล้ว

      Carbon fiber is lighter and easier to work with in my opinion.

  • @IshanKakad
    @IshanKakad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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?

  • @EPIC.Engineering
    @EPIC.Engineering ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

    • @EPIC.Engineering
      @EPIC.Engineering ปีที่แล้ว

      And if it gets to hot you can add like a cooling system like on most rocket engines?

    • @lr21643
      @lr21643 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Carbon fiber can take a lot of heat. Epoxy, not so much.

    • @EPIC.Engineering
      @EPIC.Engineering หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lr21643 there are some epoxy's that can take a lot of heat but the engine would still require a cooling system but it would be cool to see any other people build liquid rocket engines.

  • @ayushmanjain4008
    @ayushmanjain4008 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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