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Re: easy way to find your robot weight.

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
Does Inventor have the weight listing for carbon fiber?
For carbon epoxy composites (the most commonly available form of carbon fiber) you can use a density of 0.056 lbs/cuin. That is for a high performance, aircraft grade composite with about 33% epoxy content. If you're slapping wet resin on carbon cloth it will be a little lower strength and density.
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