The best so far, in my experience, is Wayne Johnson's Geauga Precision Models rubber stripper (like the one Sanborn recently snagged).
It can reliably cut .005" with a very clean rectangular cross-section. The others I've owned (Oppegard (sp?), Wayne's modification to the Oppegard, that round one from Australia, etc.) cut more of a trapazoid shape. They can get close to that thickness, but vary a bit and can "bottom out" leaving you with breaks in rubber.
All this is a tease, of course, since that stripper isn't available anymore.
When you say "Peck" stripper, are you talking about the clone of the Polish stripper that A2Z used to sell?
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "joshuawfinn" <jwfinn@...> wrote:
>
> Phedon,
>
> I've got a rubber stripper. That's the only way I've been able to get rubber thin enough to even fly it (or any other of my indoor ships, for that matter). I'm at the limit of that instrument's capabilities, though. Rubber less than .010 thick is insanity I guess.
>
> So...for those of you who have higher end rubber strippers, how thin can you go and get consistent results? Mine is the Peck Stripper, but I've heard there are others that can provide more precise cuts.
>
> -Joshua
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Phedon Tsiknopoulos <phedon21t@> wrote:
> >
> > rubber stripper
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: joshuawfinn <jwfinn_at_>
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 4:28:12 PM
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: How small can you go?
> >
> >
> > Ignacio, I've tried flying it in a decent Cat II site, but keep hanging up. I
> > don't have access to any really good sites. We've got a Cat III on campus, but
> > it has terrible drift.
> >
> > Good, thin rubber would be very welcome. I really want to know how I can do it
> > myself, of course, but I haven't received any comments of that nature.
> >
> > -Joshua
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "izgo" <izgo@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Joshua,
> > >
> > > Wonderfull!! I love P-25.
> > >
> > > 5+ minutes can be done in a cat-II place where you can touch. My better times
> > >is with motor about 40cm (16") long and weights 1.2 grams. Loading 2400 turns.
> > >
> > > On the 0.005" rubber i have to check if i have some. Because I saved a lot o
> > >lateral cuts (a pre cut) done into used wakefield used motors. If I have
> > >something close I can mail you some rubber.
> > >
> > > Ignacio.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "joshuawfinn" <jwfinn@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ignacio,
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I do have an Argentine P-25 (my own design) which is double covered and
> > >features full geodetic construction. It's a good plane; flew right off the board
> > >with nary a bad habit, other than needing a lot of ballast to make the minimum
> > >weight. I need to get it back...it's about 35' up stuck to the ceiling of an
> > >indoor tennis court right now. Try as I might, I can't get it past 3 minutes,
> > >mainly because it keeps running into things. Maybe I'll take it to a higher site
> > >sometime and get it to fly for real.
> > > >
> > > > -Joshua
> > > >
> > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "izgo" <izgo@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Joshua,
> > > > >
> > > > > Very nice! Hard to cut rubber at that size for the little plane.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also saw other videos in your channel and I found 3 about "P-25". I'm just
> > >curious abut if those models are the same as described in folder Argentina nats
> > >- P25 rules?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ty, Ignacio.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "joshuawfinn" <jwfinn@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This was an experiment to see just how far such a thing could be pushed.
> > >Apparently it can be pushed further. Anyone know how to strip rubber down to
> > >.005"?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI0x6DPxWYg
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Enjoy!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Joshua
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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