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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Light Covering...
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- References: <226@heimdall.sdrc.com> <2569@rnivh.rni.sub.org>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 19:42:51 GMT
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- In article <2569@rnivh.rni.sub.org> torsten@rnivh.rni.sub.org (Torsten Leibold) writes:
- >dqwelch@sgidq4.sdrc.com (Mike Welch) writes:
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- >>I was wondering what kind of covering material to use? I realize
- >>that Monokote is too heavy. I have used some stuff called
- >>Flite Cote. It was light, but not very strong.
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- >>Would tissue and dope be advised? Any other advice?
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- >No !! Don't use tissue like silk or nylon if you'd like to get a light
- >covering. It needs vast amounts of paint to get enough tension and
- >that will make the covering much heavier than any film covering.
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- I disagree. Nylon or silk may not be awfully light, but Silkspan is.
- The amount of dope needed to fill the tissue isn't much and the covering
- adds a huge amount of stiffness to the structure.
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- >Your only chance is to find a light film. I usually use Solarfilm by
- >robbe for such purposes. But I think that it's too expensive when it
- >reached USA....
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- You can get Solarfilm from Indy R/C. Its cheaper than Monokote, something
- like $5 a roll. Problem is that it isn't a film that adds much stiffness
- to the wing.
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- If I were you I'd investigate the Mylar gift wraps available at KMart
- and Target. These caught my eye a few weeks ago and I bought some. Its
- a little expensive for Combat so I might not use much of it but it is
- honest-to-goodness mylar - very strong. (Careful though - some colors
- might not be. The irridescent "Opal" film isn't) It is quite a bit
- lighter than Monokote and you will have to brush on Balsarite or use
- 3M77 to attach it.
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