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- From: torsten@rnivh.rni.sub.org (Torsten Leibold)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Light Covering...
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 11:56:14 GMT
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- ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
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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.
-
- Hmm, I didn't find that 'silkspan' in my dictionary, sorry.
- Could you explain what the difference is between silk and silkspan ?
- Where can I get this stuff ?
-
- >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.
-
- Also, it looses tension the more you use it, so I always had to
- reshrink it every month or so. And it is very fragile, so not likely for
- a rough every-day use.
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