Mark You can count me in on a group buy of mylar. Jack Cooper
> [Original Message] > From: Mark Jones <mjo...@muellersales.com> > To: KR Net <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 10/26/2004 8:42:24 AM > Subject: KR> Mylar Gap Seals > > Ever wanted to seal those gaps on your ailerons or even your rudder and > horizontal stabilizer? Troy Petteway has proven performance can be greatly > enhanced, especially your climb performance, if you close the gaps on the > bottom of your ailerons. This is especially true on the new AS50xx airfoil. > The best material we have found so far to do this with is Mylar strips. The > Mylar has a thickness of .010 (10 mil) and is held on the wing with 3M #444 > double sided tape. Here is the dilemma. So far I have only been able to > locate the .010 Mylar in sheets 24" x 48" and the company that sells it has > a $100 minimum. That means at $7.41 per sheet we would have to buy 14 > sheets. That is a lot of gap sealing material. Solution: Group buy!!! Is > anyone interested in going in on this with me and Mark Langford? I figure we > could cut the sheets in strips four inches wide and that would give us 84 > strips 48" long for a total 336 feet of 4" wide strips. Now there is no way > two of us will ever use that much gap seal material so what do ya say... > anybody else want in on this? If anyone else knows where we can buy this in > lesser quantities or even in 4" wide rolls please speak up. So you ask, what > is your cost? Depends on how many people want in on this. Ten folks, fifteen > bucks each. Twenty people, ten bucks each. This includes shipping cost to > you. You will receive enough Mylar to do your ailerons (four 4" x 48" > strips). Additional strips available at additional cost. All of the Mylar > that is left over will be donated to the Prop Bank and sold in the future to > those that need it and those proceeds will be deposited in the Prop Bank > funds. You will be responsible for getting your own double sided tape. > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
