Just interested to know the appx cost of carbon cloth used in a boom.
What would it cost if using pre preg.
A few years ago the prices to large manufacturers would be as follows, However keep in mind, most windsurfing products are made in Asia by some very big composite producers with significant purchasing power. So I would estimate that my pricing is alot higher than in reality.
Carbon tow $20 /Kg
Woven cloth (200gm Plain weave) $20 / M2
Standard epoxy resin $5 mixed Kg
Prepreg Unis 200gm 300mm wide $20 per L/M (40% resin content)
Tooling costs are significant and consumables need to be considered. Not to mention all of the R & D.
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Just interested to know the appx cost of carbon cloth used in a boom.
What would it cost if using pre preg.
aren't booms already made with prepreg ?
Mine are
I think so Sean, but I thought most of those on this forum, who have used carbon fibre in their projects would have most likely purchased dry cloth.
in the link above I was amazed to see that they cnc machine 70 "bits" of prepreg to make one boom !
I've actually made 2 wave carbon booms years ago and they used hardly any carbon, less than 1m. From memory cost was about $20 per arm, maybe less.
Would'nt ever do it again though, pain in the arse so I just bought new one's from a shop!
