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Re: [TowerTalk] Fiberglass cross-boom material?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fiberglass cross-boom material?
From: Stu Ritter <ritter@privatei.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:50:56 -0700
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Don wrote:

> The vaulting poles I have used were about 1.5" OD, .125 wall.  A 5' piece is 
> quite stiff, it's not like plastic pipe spaghetti.
> They do come in different sizes for high school, men's/women's, Olympic 
> class, etc.
post-snip

You can also find/make wooden dowel the correct size and push it into
the center to stiffen the boom material. I did that on my last satellite
setup.

Stu
N0LEF
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