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Originally Posted by mbauer
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?....
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Related yet different - Sometimes making signs and labels for trains and miniatures I've taken small things printed on regular printer paper and sealed them by starting from the back of the paper with brushing on Tamiya clear acrylic paint so it soaks through the paper and in to the ink without brush strokes dislodging the ink particles. Occasionally there was slight bleeding but acceptable for the purposes I was using the prints for. Waited for the clear gloss applied to back of paper to dry before brushing on the front.
Last spring I got a couple different grades of rubber motor from FAI for use in a rubber band powered balsa wood submarine I built in 2005.
Have historically used 3/16 in 2 loops, got 1/8 to try in 3 loops but Missouri River flooding got between me and the test pond and the test went undone.
Yes, the rubber lube makes a difference, and probably a bigger difference in aircraft than in a free-flooding submarine hull where the lube gets exposed to water and rinsed off.
Just for grins,
