Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on November 27, 2011 at 8:11am

Awesome where can i get it do you have different colours ?

Moderator Comment by Alex on November 27, 2011 at 8:16am

The link to his store is included in the blog post click on the skywalker belly protection title under the first picture :-)

Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on November 27, 2011 at 8:23am

Thanx Alex

 

Is there any plans to bring out the tial protector as well ?

Moderator Comment by Hooks on November 27, 2011 at 8:42am

22 USD.

And no tail protector is planned.

Comment by Ian Painter on November 28, 2011 at 1:29pm

you should try using a kevlar composite. superior abrasion resistance to fiberglass and it would cut out a few grams of weight. the best resin ive used so far for the kevlar and kevlar/carbon composites is Pacer's Z-poxy. strong stuff too, i made a 70mm OD 3mm wall wound tube from kevlar strand that held my weight without crushing. a similar tube but 20mm with alternating radial and liniar layers of strand held up 175 pounds before giving way. and for the abraision resistance, ive tried cutting it with fiber discs on a dremmel and it eats the disc, even on thin pieces, nearly burnt out some high speed steel milling bits trying to shape a block of it.

Moderator Comment by Hooks on November 28, 2011 at 1:46pm

No one would pay 60 USD belly protection for 99 usd foam plane.

Comment by Ian Painter on November 29, 2011 at 5:42pm

it wouldnt cost that much. i get my kevlar for around $30 a yard (you can find it cheaper ive seen as low as $15/yd) and the kevlar yarn (continous strand non woven, i.e. raw)  is only around $15 for 1250yd. resin is around the same price for a pint and you would only use around 1.5 floz per a protector. you could easily get 6 or more from a yard of kevlar puting the manufacture cost  around $10 each minus labor. the yarn isnt really needed but it will make the contacting surface much slicker than woven fabric therefore able to resist more abrasion.  it dosent need to be thick like it might need to be for glass fiber, 2mm would be more than enough.

JDrones Comment by Jani Hirvinen on November 30, 2011 at 7:55pm

I think Bevrc had these already but they have been having some out-of-stock problems lately. But yeah tail protection would be good too.

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