Re: Dyed Covering Film for F1D ?

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:37:30 -0500

I'm thinking about using some of the metallized mylar on my LPP for
visibility. Maybe just some small pieces on the prop would flash in the
lights.

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Fred or Judy Rash <frash_at_chartertn.net>wrote:

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> Kang,
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> I hope that you will use dyed film for an F1D. I never thought that it
> would happen, and other serious F1D flyers may drum you out of the club if
> you do. <Grin>
>
> The problem with lightweight indoor film is getting it to take up enough
> dye to show up well. My single attempt on Y2K film did not show much color
> uptake. Tom Juell's methods are significantly better than mine and he
> described his method recently in the Jan 2013 Free Flight Quarterly. He
> uses a dyeing aid that I have not yet tried.
>
> However I am sure that dyed film has been used for LPP, Pennyplane, F1M,
> Mini-Stick, Autogiro, A-ROG, Federation ROG, Towline, Electric, Science
> Olympiad-Capacitor (trial event by Markos), and Intermediate Stick. Indoor
> Bostonian rules also permit film covering and I might be the only person
> who has tried to take advantage of dyed film as a weight reduction scheme
> for Indoor Bostonian.
>
> Fred Rash
>
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