On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:08:23 +0800, Stealth Pilot
wrote:


Ernest, it isn't the dope that provides the strength, not with
Razorback fabric or with any fabric. The fabric itself is what gives
the wing it's strength and/or stiffness against the wind. The initial
application of the correct dope, in the case of the Razorback fabric,
or a calibrated heating iron, in the case of the Polyfiber fabric, is
what shrinks it.


Corky Scott you surprise me cobber. mistakes like the one contained in
the paragraph above are what led to Steve Wittman's death.

in the case of cotton, irish linen, razorback and any of the non
shrink fabrics it IS the dope which causes the fabric to tighten as
the solvents evaporate from the dope.

Stealth, what are you smoking? That's what I said.

Here's my sentence:
"The initial
application of the correct dope, in the case of the Razorback fabric,
or a calibrated heating iron, in the case of the Polyfiber fabric, is
what shrinks it.

Now you say: in the case of cotton, irish linen, razorback and any of
the non shrink fabrics it IS the dope which causes the fabric to
tighten as the solvents evaporate from the dope."

But you are just repeating what I said. Did you read it a bit too
quickly?

Corky Scott