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Originally Posted by southwestforests
Wonder what difference would be between one loop of that and a few loops of thinner rubber; how would the two compare in torque and in number of winds?
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Great question. Will find out, thanks for the suggestion.
Supplies arrived from FAI, have rubber band in sizes 1/8", 3/32", 3/16" & 1/4" by 30 feet of each size. Super small props arrived, sure looked bigger in the photos. Ordered a lot number of 6" propellers as shown on these two models, from ebay, (50) arrived as well. These were supper cheap and are complete assemblies, prop, wire shaft, and thrust bearing mount. Probably going to downsize the model a little to allow these to fit the size better.
Bought some of the secret "Rubber Band" Lube, helps with winding and long life, gets rid of friction in the rubber band it actually works better. Going to do whatever it takes to get one flying if possible at the weight they are. Would be easy to get an electric setup.
Going to get serious about buying some tracing paper to run through my big printer/plotter and use balsa for the internals. Wonder how the ink will hold up to the dope covering?....
Mike