Re: Re: Boron Safety

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:45:18 -0800

I've always preferred slight floppy stabs. They seem to groove better at
launch than really stiff stabs.
On Dec 25, 2012 11:59 AM, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> I'm a fan of boron since I started flying F1D. I use boron on the wing,
> motor stick, tailboom, and prop. I will use boron on the stab for the next
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> I try to be as careful as possible.
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, hermann andresen <hermanna_at_...>
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> > Boron: Lighter than Aluminum, stronger and stiffer than steel,
> impervious to moisture and temperature also affordable in indoor
> quantities. A real godsend to modelers.
> > When I got a roll from Curt Stevens early on, he warned that it was
> dangerous. Upon checking hazardous material people, they thought it was a
> crank call. "Boric acid is used in eyedrops".
> > Unless I had a Sr Moment, the danger involved 1 modeler snapping excess
> material onto shag rug, then walking barefoot onto said rug.
> > Seems like a lame reason to not use a miracle material when a few simple
> precautions like eye protection, white, well lit surfaces and even little
> tape "flags" on the ends prior to removal should make it as safe as most
> other indoor materials.
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