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Old May 7th 14, 08:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:55:59 AM UTC-5, Shannon Madsen wrote:
On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:36:21 AM UTC-7, wrote: 3M 483 - but it's horrifically expensive. Wings And Wheels dropped it for this reason so I had to get it from ULINE. I've tried all the others but I like 483 best. I feel like I'm setting fire to $5 bills whenever I use it though. FYI, Amazon has 3m 483 tape on sale again for $8.63/roll, limit 10.. Even better, it's eligible for Prime shipping. I had switched to a cheapo tape due to the high prices on 483, but now I am back to the good stuff. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...uct_refresh_T1


This is a great example of how Amazon.com sets pricing on a "per-customer" basis - different cusotmers get different prices at differnet times of day, based on their purchase and browsing history and other things. When I go to the above link my price is $19.63 per roll, which is a discount of only $1.46 off of the list price of $21.09 per roll.

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Old May 8th 14, 05:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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"This stuff must be really good! If you look under "Product Features," fourth bullet point down it says: "Nuclear power plant construction and maintenance."

Yeah, I've actually read the product spec sheet on 3M's website with some degree of amusement trying to find out what this tape was originally intended for!
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Old May 8th 14, 02:33 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Is it possible or practicable to use relective wing tape?
Some time ago conspuity tests determined that a reflective surface on a
glider was more visible than a plain colour such as red or black. So maybe
it could serve a dual purpose.



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Old May 8th 14, 05:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:47:13 AM UTC-4, Colin Roney wrote:
Where and what product is the best white wing tape to be bought?


Ask Dan Johnson what kind of tape he uses:

http://www.aviationbanter.com/showthread.php?t=80887

That's the stuff you want.

:-)

Evan Ludeman
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Old May 11th 14, 01:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 5/7/2014 1:27 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
You can get it in yellow for $5.75/roll:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWHRSWY/ref=biss_dp_t_asn


My 2 rolls of 'white' tape arrived on Friday. If the gelcoat on your
ship is old and yellowing, the color of the tape should match perfectly.

Tony

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Old August 5th 20, 08:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 11:47:13 AM UTC+1, Colin Roney wrote:
Where and what product is the best white wing tape to be bought?


I've travelled back through time from 2020, my wings didn't fall off or get flies in them and I didn't stall and this thread is just as amusing as it was thank you so much.
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Old August 9th 20, 06:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I've been using the wing tape sold by Craggy, but I'm not happy with it. It's very stretchy, which is good, but it sinks into the gaps that it's covering, which sort of defeats the purpose. Do the Bowlus or 3M tapes sink into the gap?
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Old August 9th 20, 03:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I've used 3M white electrical tape when I was flying a single seater.Â*
It worked very well but, if left on for a long time (my ship was
hangared), it leaves a gummy residue when removed.Â* That's easy enough
to clean up with acetone or tape residue remover.

On 8/8/2020 11:04 PM, Ben Hirashima wrote:
I've been using the wing tape sold by Craggy, but I'm not happy with it. It's very stretchy, which is good, but it sinks into the gaps that it's covering, which sort of defeats the purpose. Do the Bowlus or 3M tapes sink into the gap?


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Old August 9th 20, 04:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Ben,

About your comment that, "...but it sinks into the gaps that it's covering, which sort of defeats the purpose." Why do you feel that the tape sinking into the gap between the wing root and the fuselage is something to be avoided?

To me the main purpose of wing tape is to seal the gap against air intrusion, not necessarily to continue the wing's airfoil without deformation. It seems that all wing tape "sinks" to one extent or another.

My $0.02.

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Old August 9th 20, 04:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 10:04:44 PM UTC-7, Ben Hirashima wrote:
I've been using the wing tape sold by Craggy, but I'm not happy with it. It's very stretchy, which is good, but it sinks into the gaps that it's covering, which sort of defeats the purpose. Do the Bowlus or 3M tapes sink into the gap?


Ben,

The Craggy tape is the exact same as Bowlus.

Richard
 




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