Actually there is a "proper " tape and it's been used mostly for erosion
control by various militarys including or own, I can look up the P/N if
there's a need, don't know all the aircraft it has been on though.

"B4RT" wrote in message
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I've tried a bunch of stuff on my MR to keep salt from building up on it.
The only thing that seems to work is coating the leading edge with
Corrosion X HD, but you have to do it pretty frequently. My
Jet Ranger used to have a heavy teflon tape on the leading edge, but
Maintenance removed it for some reason that has yet to be explained
to me.

3M makes a leading edge abrasion tape (for planes). I think you can find
it at Aircraft Spruce. I have it on one of my airplanes and it works
nicely
at protecting but its a tad harder to clean than a painted surface and you
have to avoid using degreasers on it.

Bart

"Tim" h wrote in message
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Is there a "proper" tape for protecting the leading edge ? Reason I ask,
is talking to some boy`s that work on WRC rally car`s a lot, They use a
thick transparent about 3inch wide tape to protect bit`s, They call it
helicopter tape and said that`s what it`s original design was for ?
Tim

Rocky
p.s. did you ever use the trick of SaranWrap on the leading edges and
you can just peel off a layer at the end of the day for a clean edge?
Have not tried it on rotor.