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Re: SOF kayak and biplane construction
By:Peter F Lord
Date: 1/15/2017, 5:29 am
In Response To: Re: SOF kayak and biplane construction (Bill Hamm)

Bill, and anyone else with experience of combined Dacron and glass covering

Which combination of Dacron and glass gives the best resistance to impacts and abrasions? Let's say for a total of about 8oz cloth you could have 2oz, 4 oz and 6 oz glass over 6 oz, 4 oz and 2 oz Dacron respectively (not exactly what is available, but roughly). Does the stiffness and resistance come mostly from the Dacron or the glass? The fact that you use glass at all suggests that the heat-shrunk Dacron is mostly to provide a relatively pressure-resistant surface to apply the glass to, and the glass provides most of the strength. If that is true, the thinnest Dacron possible would seem to be the way to go. Does Dacron need less or more epoxy per unit weight than fibreglass? Please enlighten me. Thanks.

Peter

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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 9:15 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2017, 10:26 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 10:52 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 1:43 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 1/5/2017, 2:31 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/5/2017, 11:32 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2017, 12:26 pm
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John Messinger -- 1/5/2017, 1:04 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/5/2017, 3:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2017, 11:57 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/5/2017, 3:31 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2017, 4:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2017, 12:23 pm
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GCole -- 1/5/2017, 1:06 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2017, 1:16 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/5/2017, 1:49 pm
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Roy Martin -- 1/5/2017, 2:14 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 2:26 pm
Re: SOF kayak and biplane construction
Peter -- 1/6/2017, 8:52 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/6/2017, 10:25 am
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Peter F Lord -- 1/6/2017, 10:47 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/6/2017, 11:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2017, 12:40 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/7/2017, 9:51 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/7/2017, 10:53 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/7/2017, 11:12 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/7/2017, 1:41 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/7/2017, 3:01 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/7/2017, 3:47 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/7/2017, 5:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2017, 12:25 am
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Peter F Lord -- 1/8/2017, 9:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/8/2017, 11:22 am
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Peter F Lord -- 1/8/2017, 3:54 pm
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Bill Mayberry -- 1/8/2017, 5:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2017, 1:17 am
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Peter F Lord -- 1/9/2017, 4:54 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/9/2017, 8:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2017, 1:26 am
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Peter F Lord -- 1/15/2017, 5:29 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2017, 2:11 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 2:45 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2017, 3:46 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 4:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/5/2017, 3:52 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2017, 5:11 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/5/2017, 5:41 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 7:17 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2017, 7:39 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 10:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2017, 3:32 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2017, 10:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2017, 12:31 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 6:14 pm
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John -- 1/5/2017, 6:32 pm
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Nick R. -- 1/5/2017, 6:41 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 6:57 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2017, 7:41 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 11:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2017, 3:09 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 1/6/2017, 9:46 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2017, 11:29 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2017, 11:03 am
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