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On 12/31/2012 5:26 PM, wrote:
Next Season I will be adding a wing mounted camera, using a suction
cup and a wing cuff made out of a medical plastic called "aqua
plastic."

Where do you get this? My search found some strange results that won't
be useful for wing mounted cameras.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

Where do you get this? My search found some strange results that won't

be useful for wing mounted cameras.

Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA


Eric, I believe it is called shape memory polymer. A Google search will bring up many options. Here is an interesting one.

http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/b.../1/05-0564.pdf

The brand name is Aquaplast. Here's a link you could use:
http://www.wisdomking.com/aquaplast-splinting. You can get it in 18x24
sheets 1/16 or 1/8 inch thick.

Charlie

On Dec 31 2012, 10:27*pm, Eric Greenwell
wrote:
On 12/31/2012 5:26 PM, wrote:

Next Season I will be adding a wing mounted camera, using a suction
cup and a wing cuff made out of a medical plastic called "aqua
plastic."

Where do you get this? My search found some strange results that won't
be useful for wing mounted cameras.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

I will be ordering from them tomorrow, little hung over today..

http://www.wisdomking.com/aquaplast-splinting

I might take a video of the process and post it if I am successful.

Happy New Year to all




On Dec 31 2012, 10:27*pm, Eric Greenwell

wrote:

On 12/31/2012 5:26 PM, wrote:



Next Season I will be adding a wing mounted camera, using a suction

cup and a wing cuff made out of a medical plastic called "aqua

plastic."



Where do you get this? My search found some strange results that won't

be useful for wing mounted cameras.



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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to

email me)

On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:06:28 -0800, jmraa757 wrote:

I will be ordering from them tomorrow, little hung over today..

http://www.wisdomking.com/aquaplast-splinting

I might take a video of the process and post it if I am successful.

I've done a little research and have discovered that the generic term for
all these products is 'splinting materials', which are roughly split into
two types of material:

1) "casting tape". This is a knitted synthetic fiberglass fabric
impregnated with a water-activated polyurethane resin. This is dipped in
room temperature water for about 10 secs, squeezed to remove the excess
water and smoothed into position using gloves. It sets in 3-5 mins and,
in the case of a splint is hard enough to be load-bearing in 20 mins.
The tape is 50-100mm wide and seems to come in 2m lengths. Load bearing
structures are typically 3-6 layers thick and load-bearing splints are
recommended to be 4 layers.

2) sheets of solid or perforated thermosetting plastic which are cut to
shape, heated to soften and then moulded around whatever they are meant
to fit. This material is quite a bit more expensive than casting tape.

Confusingly, 'Aquaplast' seems to be the thermoset material rather than
casting tape. Some brand names for casting tape a

- 3M Scotchcast Plus Casting Tapes
- Alto Cast
- Ossur Techform

These are available from medical supply houses and on eBay.

OTOH, you may find its cheaper to pick up some glasscloth, epoxy resin
and a decent release film from your local model store and use these to
make the wing glove from these: you'll need the release film in either
case.



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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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On 1/1/2013 2:51 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:

I've done a little research and have discovered that the generic term for
all these products is 'splinting materials', which are roughly split into
two types of material:

1) "casting tape". This is a knitted synthetic fiberglass fabric
impregnated with a water-activated polyurethane resin. This is dipped in
room temperature water for about 10 secs, squeezed to remove the excess
water and smoothed into position using gloves. It sets in 3-5 mins and,
in the case of a splint is hard enough to be load-bearing in 20 mins.
The tape is 50-100mm wide and seems to come in 2m lengths. Load bearing
structures are typically 3-6 layers thick and load-bearing splints are
recommended to be 4 layers.

2) sheets of solid or perforated thermosetting plastic which are cut to
shape, heated to soften and then moulded around whatever they are meant
to fit. This material is quite a bit more expensive than casting tape.

Confusingly, 'Aquaplast' seems to be the thermoset material rather than
casting tape. Some brand names for casting tape a

- 3M Scotchcast Plus Casting Tapes
- Alto Cast
- Ossur Techform

These are available from medical supply houses and on eBay.

OTOH, you may find its cheaper to pick up some glasscloth, epoxy resin
and a decent release film from your local model store and use these to
make the wing glove from these: you'll need the release film in either
case.

The Aquaplast looks great, but I'll stick with the cloth and epoxy, I think.


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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)nyurl.com/yfs7tnz

On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:41:48 -0800, Eric Greenwell wrote:

On 1/1/2013 2:51 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:

I've done a little research and have discovered that the generic term
for all these products is 'splinting materials', which are roughly
split into two types of material:

1) "casting tape". This is a knitted synthetic fiberglass fabric
impregnated with a water-activated polyurethane resin. This is dipped
in room temperature water for about 10 secs, squeezed to remove the
excess water and smoothed into position using gloves. It sets in 3-5
mins and, in the case of a splint is hard enough to be load-bearing in
20 mins. The tape is 50-100mm wide and seems to come in 2m lengths.
Load bearing structures are typically 3-6 layers thick and load-bearing
splints are recommended to be 4 layers.

2) sheets of solid or perforated thermosetting plastic which are cut to
shape, heated to soften and then moulded around whatever they are meant
to fit. This material is quite a bit more expensive than casting tape.

Confusingly, 'Aquaplast' seems to be the thermoset material rather than
casting tape. Some brand names for casting tape a

- 3M Scotchcast Plus Casting Tapes - Alto Cast - Ossur Techform

These are available from medical supply houses and on eBay.

OTOH, you may find its cheaper to pick up some glasscloth, epoxy resin
and a decent release film from your local model store and use these to
make the wing glove from these: you'll need the release film in either
case.

The Aquaplast looks great, but I'll stick with the cloth and epoxy, I
think.

That would be my choice too. Three reasons:
(1) I know how to work with glass/epoxy
(2) making a fairly wide glove, 250mm - 300mm, seems like a good idea
(3) the need for a good bond between the glove and the camera mount

(2) and (3) are probably be easier with glass cloth than with either type
of splint material.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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