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Tom Gressman asked about bonding bubblewrap to Mylar. You can buy a
24" wide roll 25' long of bubblewrap bonded to quilted aluminum foil. The
product is called Reflectix, made by
Reflectix, Inc.
#1 School St.
Markleville, IN 46056
1-765-533-4332
National 1-800 879-3645
I have been using Reflectix for wingbags for years. In Wisconsin
it is carried by a builder supply chain called Menards. Just wrap it
around your wing, cut off the extra and stick on a pair of Velcro self stick1
in. squares inside the joint every 8 inches. I had one wing
with an 11 in. chord so I stuck on a duct tape extension for an extra inch for
the Velcro. I have a quarter scale Reiher-2 with a 17.5" root
chord. The fold was along the root with Velcro fastening both the LE and
the TE. I have a 2 meter one piece Lil' Scorpion wing with a one piece
wing bag. The Reflectix conforms to the polyhedral if the wing is
carefully pushed down against the crease.
I imagine most of you have been warned not to use plain bubble wrap
as it will let the sun cook the wing just like having a black wing upside down
in the sun.
Bob Harold
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