Rubber Powered Planes
 
 

 
 

Keith,

Here's Ray Harlan's site.

  Click on "Materials" button from homepage.   Then look at "Ultrafilm".  Superultrafilm is probably too fragile for what you want, but Ultrafilm may be worth getting, I don't know.  Ultrafilm is transparent, colorless.  Anything having natural refraction colors is probably too fragile for anything over 8 grams.   Anyhow, lists the weights of both films.  Thickness wise, Ultrafilm is 1.2 micron.   The next heavier film I know of is 2 micron film Mylar sold by Mike Woodhouse, Free Flight Supplies UK. .  The next heavier is 5 micron, sold by same guy.   BTW, 5 micron is the same as 1/4 MIL.    His website,  http://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/   To find films, first click on "Indoor" button on left of homepage.  Then scroll down to find "lightweight coverings" and click there.

 

All the above show weight data, I think.

HTH,

Mark Bennett

 

 

I'd like to thank Mark for his information on covering materials.  Mark is very knowledgeable and I believe we can learn a lot from him and find new ideas and materials in the ever smaller indoor electric RC planes.

 

       I hope we can add more links here for the very light planes.  Send in your ideas.

 
 
 

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