Yep, I know what Monokote is, I have a few rolls for my RC plane :-)
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 2:43 PM Rob Diehl <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Be sure you don't get OS film mixed up with Monokote type film. OS film
is what you would want.
Monokote has a heat activated adhesive and shrinking properties. If you
accidentally use Monokote, your chute will come out as a ball of plastic.
On Sunday, June 13, 2021, 02:06:39 PM PDT, James Dougherty <
jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"an ultra lightweight model airplane covering where it is known as OS Film"
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 2:05 PM James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow, gret discussion. .66 oz nylon does sound sexy, but hey, Mylaw, gotta
love it, emergency blankket material is cheap and really really really
unbelievable for what you can put in a small space. But ultra-thin Mylar,
now that is a hell of a meta-material.... 20 minute duration is killer, I
looked that up - and hey, check this out - 1/2 micron thick mylar film for
manufacturing capacitors - even has a dupont reference:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113169978510
Now that would be killer, you could have a 6 footer in an 18mm tube, well,
maybe not, just dreaming :-)
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 1:41 PM Curtis Sojka <curtis.sojka@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hefty trash bag...
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 1:33 PM Eric Renger <ericrenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That huge rotosail chute is a BAMA chute and it is just his standard nylon
he uses for his regular chutes. It really does have a lot of hang time, but
it’s mostly because it is oversized for the rocket. Because it spins, it
also tends to hang straight down and not oscillate at all, so it looks very
still on the way down.
On Jun 13, 2021, at 1:13 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
LOL. That's funny. I know what you mean, most of my chute criteri is the
same which is why I was asking ... but what was the chute you used on the
loft competition, was that a nylon chute? Was it a Bama chute? I remember
you had really good hang time ...
On the Q - It's pretty much silk and kevlar size 46 thread, but I will let
Gene debunk that, he is probably working with better synthetic material
these days.
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 1:11 PM Eric Renger <ericrenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I’m not sure what the thinnest material would be. Most of my chute
experience has focused on “coolest looking” not so much on performance.
Eric
On Jun 13, 2021, at 1:00 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:reference I want to pack the largest chute possible
Does anyone know what is the thinnest material chute one can find? For
in an 18, 29, 38mm tube. Hang time is critical, I want to get a giantchute in there. One thing I found was an old silk parachute
that I got from Aerocon, it was from an aerial flare. The material ismind-blowing, it is high quality silk but I have not found anything
like that, shocked to see this would just get burnt up, but I guess itis single use and probably just cheap silk.
top-flite for that purpose). What is better?
Anyhow, what do people think is the smallest chute (I am still a fan of
thank you
