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Originally Posted by Phase
im actually going to have to add a slight curve for the lower half of the skirts for clearance. the posterboard was actually touching the tires in this picture
how much clearance should i allow from the tire itself? about a full inch? can i bend the arrows smoothly without snapping them?
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Ooooh! That's good! Curve = strength!
A bending jig could be fashioned, and with the arrow shaft secured at one end, use a heat gun on 'low' to get the epoxy binder to yield, allowing the shaft to slowly bend to the curvature, hopefully without buckling.
Should that happen, fill them with sand for the heat bending. Let them cool and take the new 'set' before you release tension.