Morning
Can anyone please tell me the exact name of that glass fibre tape stuff that people put on the bottom of planes? I'm trying to find it on CPC with various search words but having no joy.
Cheers
P
You'll find it as fibre glass tape, but if you go on ebay and look for cricket bat repair tape, that will get you lots of results
Also good is Gorilla Clear Repair Tape, Wickes or B&Q
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Reinforced tape also brings it up on ebay
Thanks fellas. Appreciated
Searching for cross weave tape brings a lot of results. It's has very good tensile strength and can add a lot of rigidity to foam structures but most of these tapes that I've ever used are also sensitive to UV light so you really need to cover it with something e.g. coloured parcel tape or covering film. If you don't you'll go to use your plane one day and find it all falling off leaving an unpleasant sort of dusty and sticky residue all over it.
Quote from: Loopdreams on October 07, 2016, 10:15:47 AM
Searching for cross weave tape brings a lot of results. It's has very good tensile strength and can add a lot of rigidity to foam structures but most of these tapes that I've ever used are also sensitive to UV light so you really need to cover it with something e.g. coloured parcel tape or covering film. If you don't you'll go to use your plane one day and find it all falling off leaving an unpleasant sort of dusty and sticky residue all over it.
Top tip. Thank you.
P
I used it for the first time last week on my Skywalker...I also like to use electricians PVC Tape, that also works good as it stretches round curves.
It seems to work really well because its so sticky and very strong.....Mine came from work...Parcel Tape....:)
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Love this thread <3 :)
Quote from: Steve W on October 07, 2016, 12:28:33 PM
Love this thread <3 :)
Tape is a wonderful thing Steve......as you know....lol.
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Quote from: Steve W on October 07, 2016, 12:28:33 PM
Love this thread <3 :)
If I recall your last paint job was a "tape Job"? :o
All of them have been - can't be arsed with painting when tape does the same job lol
Quote from: Steve W on October 07, 2016, 08:33:18 PM
All of them have been - can't be arsed with painting when tape does the same job lol
Im with you Steve.....Cant be doin with rubbed off paint on me car seats....
Tape it is for me....Me SW1900 getting tape anyway...:)
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How do vinyl stickers cope? The vinyl printer at work might "need a few test prints" running through it ;)
Quote from: English Turbines on October 07, 2016, 08:40:18 PM
Me SW1900 getting tape anyway...:)
lol ... I think the entire quantity of earth-dwelling tape rolls will have dried up and turned to dust by the time you get that built :D
Quote from: Loopdreams on October 07, 2016, 10:15:47 AM
are also sensitive to UV light so you really need to cover it with something e.g. coloured parcel tape or covering film. If you don't you'll go to use your plane one day and find it all falling off leaving an unpleasant sort of dusty and sticky residue all over it.
Interesting that.... My Yeti has the cross weave glass tape beginning to detach from ther top after 5 months and 3 flights.
I assumed it was cos I made a pig's ear of the spray glue...
It only seems to be happening on the top surface?
:o