Re: Dyed Covering Film for F1D ?

From: Steven Wrigley <stevenwrigley_at_rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:15:28 -0800 (PST)

Where do you get metalized mylar thats light enough for indoor use?

--- On Sun, 1/27/13, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Dyed Covering Film for F1D ?
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 8:37 PM
















 



  


    
      
      
      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:
















 



  


    
      
      
      
  
  
    Kang,

      

      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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