Re: Story of Pirelli Rubber

From: Dwight Brown <freepistol_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:52:24 -0600

Don,

Thanks for the answers. I wish I lived near an indoor club where I could learn more. It's a bit like being handed a violin and being told you need to play the Sibelius Concerto next week! (I still can't play like that after 40 years with that 500 grams of wood ;-)


Dwight



On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Don DeLoach wrote:

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> Modern rubber is much better than Pirelli ever was. Pirelli stopped making rubber strip around 1980. Back then it was slightly better than FAI Black so we hoarded it.
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> When Tan II came out in 1993 it obsoleted all other rubber for serious duration flying.
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> May ‘99 and March ‘02 Tan II are still the prime batches but Tan II varied a lot and much of it was inconsistent and even explosive. Post-2008 Tan Super Sport is excellent rubber that is within 5% of the best Tan II and VERY consistent between batches.
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> THESE are the gold old days!
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> From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dwight Brown
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:55 AM
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> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Story of Pirelli Rubber
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> I am new to the indoor community and I wonder what the story is behind Pirelli rubber that used to be the element unobtanium for all rubber power classes. I used to have Pirelli tires on my Mustang so I know the company is still in business. Was the formula lost or did they just loose interest in making a small volume product? Is there a web site that gives the story? Is the rubber we can get now as good or better?
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Received on Sat Mar 05 2011 - 11:52:28 CET