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Giant Leap introduces Kevlar Airframe Sock |
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2000 Archived News by Giant Leap Rocketry
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Friday, July 07, 2000 |
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BATON ROUGE, Louisianna USA — Introducing The KEVLAR AIRFRAME SOCK, a new stretchable Kevlar sleeve made of 100% pure Aramid Kevlar that just slides onto your airframe.
Laminating your tube is rewarding. But while fiberglass is easy to work with, Kevlar cloth is costly and tricky. NOT ANY MORE! Now reinforcing your tube in Kevlar is like putting on your socks. Just slide the KEVLAR SOCK on the tube. Because it’s stretchable -- like your socks -- it conforms to the tube and compresses down to hold in place (vacuum bagging optional but not necessary).
And since there’s no seam overlap, there’s no bump to sand. Because Kevlar can’t be finish sanded, you’ll still need to cover the KEVLAR SOCK in a thin layer of glass cloth (2.3 to 3.0 oz recommended -- available from Giant Leap). The KEVLAR SOCK stretches to fit tubes from 3” to 6” diameter. It adds between 1/64” and 1/32” to wall thickness.
KEVLAR SOCK $2.99/FT. (order 1.5 times the length of the tube for up to 4” in diameter, and 2.0 times the length for 6”. E.g., for a 3” diameter tube four feet long, allow six feet of sock. For a 6” tube that is 4 feet long, allow eight feet of sock). See review of the KEVLAR SOCK at: http://www.jcrocket.com/kevlarsock.shtml -##-
For further information:
Giant Leap Rocketry
(225) 769-6040
http://www.giantleaprocketry.com
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