Clear Yaw string tape?

On 12 Apr 2006 13:18:52 -0700, "Jack" wrote:

I saw one stuck on with a drop of clear RTV (silicone rubber). When I
asked about it, the owner said it stuck up into the airflow a bit
better and was a little more responsive. He also commented that he
didn't fix his gaze on it nearly so often as the little triangle of
white tape that he used in the past. I think I'll try that soon, unless
someone tells me that the RTV will damage my plexiglass.

My partners and I used to keep our yaw string suspended about 3/4"
above the surface on a piece of wire bent to shape and taped into
place. It gave a little better precision by keeping the string out of
the canopy's boundary layer, which was prone to a bit of hysteresis.
However, we eventually decided it wasn't enough of an improvement to
offset the pain in the butt of removing it every time we put the
canopy cover on, so we gave it up.

Just be sure you use *metric* yaw string on a German ship.

rj