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 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "carbon-fibre-strip-sizes",
 "name": "Carbon fibre strip sizes: 3 × 0.5 to 12 × 2 mm",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "RC planes",
 "group": "Carbon tubes and spars",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What sizes do carbon fibre strips (flat bar) come in?",
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  "carbon fiber strip",
  "flat bar",
  "spar cap",
  "rc plane",
  "stock sizes",
  "car"
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  "carbon fiber strip sizes",
  "carbon flat bar sizes",
  "carbon spar cap strip",
  "3x1 carbon strip"
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  "width": null,
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  "basis": "Maker's product listings (Easy Composites carbon fibre strip)",
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  "notes": [
   "Pultruded carbon strip as listed (width × thickness, mm), 1000 and 2000 mm lengths. Used for spar caps, wing and fuselage stiffeners, kite spines.",
   "No file: a strip is a plain flat bar; width and thickness are the numbers to design a slot or cap pocket around."
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    "thickness mm"
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     "3 × 0.5",
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     "0.5"
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     "10 × 0.5",
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     "3 × 0.8",
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     "1"
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     "4 × 1",
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     "1"
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    [
     "6 × 1",
     "6",
     "1"
    ],
    [
     "12 × 2",
     "12",
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 "sheet_text": "Carbon fibre strip sizes: 3 × 0.5 to 12 × 2 mm — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/carbon-fibre-strip-sizes/  (sheet CC BY 4.0)\nBasis: Maker's product listings (Easy Composites carbon fibre strip)\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nSizes: see table below\n- Pultruded carbon strip as listed (width × thickness, mm), 1000 and 2000 mm lengths. Used for spar caps, wing and fuselage stiffeners, kite spines.\n- No file: a strip is a plain flat bar; width and thickness are the numbers to design a slot or cap pocket around.\n\nstrip  width mm  thickness mm\n3 × 0.5  3  0.5\n10 × 0.5  10  0.5\n3 × 0.8  3  0.8\n3 × 1  3  1\n4 × 1  4  1\n6 × 1  6  1\n12 × 2  12  2\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Easy Composites: Carbon fibre strip (category: width x thickness in each title) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/carbon-fibre-strip\n- Easy Composites: Technical datasheet: carbon fibre pultrusions (tube, rod, strip, box section sizes) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://media.easycomposites.eu/datasheets/EC-TDS-Carbon-Fibre-Pultrusions.pdf\n\nNo true-size file yet: the published figures do not fix the whole shape; a measured scan is planned.\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=carbon-fibre-strip-sizes\n",
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   "publisher": "Easy Composites",
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    "web"
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   "publisher": "Easy Composites",
   "title": "Technical datasheet: carbon fibre pultrusions (tube, rod, strip, box section sizes)",
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  "carbon-fibre-tube-sizes",
  "carbon-fibre-rod-sizes",
  "carbon-fibre-square-tube-sizes"
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 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What carbon strip sizes are there?",
   "a": "3 × 0.5, 3 × 0.8, 3 × 1, 4 × 1, 6 × 1, 10 × 0.5 and 12 × 2 mm in this maker's list."
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