I've used tyvec for building kites. It's strong but it's almost a thck paper quality. I don't know if I would trust any plane with it.
You can buy it at you home building supply house. It's used to wrap your house , I think as a vapor barrier Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2012, at 11:45 PM, "WxBY" <jtw...@aol.com> wrote: > Does anyone have any info on the possibility of using ?Tyvec? as an aircraft > covering, doped and/or otherwise? If you?re wondering what we?re talkin? > about, go to your local snail-mail HQ [U.S.Post Office] and pick-up several > of their freeby larger envelopes. Voila! ?Tyvec? in-hand. Tough! Light. > Still conducting multiple tests as to flammability, sunlight degradation, > compatibility with various doping agents, etc. > > Likewise. Sorta back-to-basics: use of bamboo for aircraft structures? > Super-strong and super-light! I know bamboo was used in the earliest days of > aviation, especially in the areas of the world where there was more of the > reed available than there was metal available. Unfortunately, there were > very few specs written down at the time ? particularly as to criteria/testing > of the stuff. Anyone got any leads and/or suggestions? > > WxBY ? ?Crusader Rabbit? ? Fresno > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
