Hi Netters. I originally bought enough dynel to do 2 planes. I used it on the wings. It is an interesting material. 1) it seems like an ideal material when you pick it up, thin flexable & smooth. As soon as you put the epoxy to it the fibres stand up like the hair on a scared cat. Dynel is a very slippery substance and highly resistant ti abrasion. Now try to sand it off! Good luck. The finished product is not strong and is easily ripped apart. I put a layer of regular 6 oz. boat cloth over top of it and gave the dynel away for free. My neighbour put a layer on a cedar strip canoe that he was building. He started the sanding and curse it (and probably me too). The final results looked beautiful. The first time that he put it in the water he ran the canoe heavily over a sharp rock which he could hear scrape fom end to end. His heart sank. Inspection showed NO damage or marks. Remember the slippery properties of dynel? If you are going to use retractable geer I suggest a final layer of dynel on the bottom of the fuselage, you know for that "wheels up landing" that you are going to make sooner or later. Regards Harold Woods Orillia,ON Canada. haroldwo...@rogers.com
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