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- From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne)
- Subject: Re: Graphite spars for the Scorpion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.100639.14288@nic.funet.fi>
- Keywords: Good replacements
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- Organisation: STACK Finland
- Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET
- References: <1j7hbpINNp09@emx.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Jan19.155954.22471@das.harvard.edu> <1jjtihINNo75@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:06:39 GMT
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- In <1jjtihINNo75@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> northg@pine.egr.msu.edu (George M North) writes:
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- >|>
- >|> >I really like the way the Scorpion does ground work, but if I bust leading
- >|> >edges all the time...
- >|>
- >|> My guess is that the Scorpion usually comes with Beman rods. Bemans
- >|> are lighter for the same stiffness than AFC, but AFCs are tougher. If
- >|> you have the weather that will let you go with a heavier rod, switch
- >|> to AFC. If you often find yourself grounded or barely flying then I
- >|> would stay with Beman.
-
- >Back when the Lite Flight first came out my LF had a problem with the bottom cross spars
- >spliting along the center axis. they were thiner walled rods like the Beman rods so
- >I replaced them with AFC (just the cross spars) if you want to change rods give the Pro
-
- Lite Flight is using RBJ spars (I mentioned them in my earlier followup), they
- "have tendency to split" - as the Lite Flight manufacturer says.
- As RBJ is is quite flexible, AFC 1960 is pretty close what comes to
- the stiffness and weight. But Lite Flight will become better if the
- frame is a little stiffer, e.g. any Beman 5.5 mm, will do.
-
- Smooth Winds
- Simo Salanne
-