[chbot] Foam board

Richard Jones rjtp at ihug.co.nz
Tue Dec 20 10:41:07 GMT 2011


For foam I would try asking on the Christchurch Soar forum.
http://www.chchsoar.org.nz
I know Neil used to buy huge sheets of polystyrene building foam and
vacuum bag glass or carbon fibre wetted with epoxy for strength and
super lightweight.

For short lengths (1-2m) of nichrome wire fishing tackle shops sell it
in a variety of thicknesses. No idea what fishermen use it for, but
attached to a bow it cuts foam really well :-)

Richard

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Geoff <sdfgeoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently experimenting with WIG (Wing in ground-effect) craft and have
> been building them out of balsa (here's a vid of my first one). This is
> getting expensive so I'm going to start making them from foam. Does anyone
> know of a good, preferably cheap source of foam? While I'm at it, does
> Jaycar sells nichrome wire?
>
> Geoff
>
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