Dear Ian and all, <<My suspicion is that the mylar would tend to come away from the fuel as the fuel melts just under the mylar due to aerodynamic surface heating...>>
I hadn't considered aerodynamic heating melting the surface of the icicle, but a layer of aerogel might take care of that. Anyway, I think that if there were some melting, that there would be enough vapor pressure to keep the mylar tight. It doesn't tear easily at all. The penalty would be an increase in CD. --Best, Gerald _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
