You guys are the gurus. Warren, you'll get a kick out of this, I've put the CF/Kevlar hybrid on and will use a Mikita hand disk sander to get rid of the excess and frayed parts tomorrow. Oh, that'll be fun. 😈 I've dulled some scalpels on this stuff immediately--although that may give some hint to its strength. From now on CF and glass. If all goes well tomorrow, then I can epoxy the motor tube and fins in, then just glass or CF and glass after that. This part is the pain, seeing the Crimson Comet fly will be the reward!

Kevlar is a total pain in the ass. I have two pairs of supposed "Kevlar shears" I bought at Hobbytown sometime back and even they hack the hell out of it. A clean cut is essentially impossible.

if you take a pair of shears and run the blade on a grinder at ~90 deg or so it makes a good cut. I have seen several people have good luck with this. no need to buy expensive ones if you sharpen them your self.