# Carbon fibre strip sizes: 3 × 0.5 to 12 × 2 mm

> What sizes do carbon fibre strips (flat bar) come in?

- Category: RC planes › Carbon tubes and spars
- Kind: Standard part
- Basis: Maker's product listings (Easy Composites carbon fibre strip)
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**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## 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.

## Sizes

| strip | width mm | thickness mm |
|---|---|---|
| 3 × 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 10 × 0.5 | 10 | 0.5 |
| 3 × 0.8 | 3 | 0.8 |
| 3 × 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 × 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 × 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 × 2 | 12 | 2 |

## Where the files are

- Easy Composites: [Carbon fibre strip (category: width x thickness in each title)](https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/carbon-fibre-strip) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- Easy Composites: [Technical datasheet: carbon fibre pultrusions (tube, rod, strip, box section sizes)](https://media.easycomposites.eu/datasheets/EC-TDS-Carbon-Fibre-Pultrusions.pdf) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Questions

**What carbon strip sizes are there?**

3 × 0.5, 3 × 0.8, 3 × 1, 4 × 1, 6 × 1, 10 × 0.5 and 12 × 2 mm in this maker's list.

## Fits with

- [Carbon fibre tube sizes: pultruded and roll-wrapped, 0.7 to 60 mm OD](https://xemstudio.com/objects/carbon-fibre-tube-sizes/)
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