- 1. [TowerTalk] FW: Mast Wall Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: "Matt" <maflukey@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:09:28 -0600
- For a 2" OD tube mast with 1/8" wall thickness, increasing wall thickness will decrease stress for any given bending load as follows: 1/4" wall: 61% of 1/8" wall stress 3/8" wall: 49% of 1/8" wall st
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Mast Wall Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:30:17 -0500
- Increasing the wall size does not "increase the strength" of the material - it reduces the stress on the mast for a given load. Put another way it increases the load handling capacity of the mast. I
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- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Mast Wall Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:56:21 -0800
- Increasing the wall size does not "increase the strength" of the material - it reduces the stress on the mast for a given load. Put another way it increases the load handling capacity of the mast. In
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- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Mast Wall Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: john@kk9a.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:37:31 -0500
- I have not used a 2" mast in years. At P40A I had two Yaesu G-2800DXA rotators and my 2 1/2" aluminum mast fit into their clamp perfectly. My prop pitch rotators have 3" masts. I am sure that other r
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- 5. [TowerTalk] FW: Mast Wall Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:36:09 -0800
- A 3 inch mast with a .25 inch wall weighs the same 7 lbs per foot as a 2 inch mast with a .375 inch wall. The difference in strength is HUGE in favour of the 3 inch mast. Since they both weigh the sa
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