"Easy" is a relative term.
"Easy" is a relative term.
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If a lot of my relatives hadn't been easy, I wouldn't be here.....Originally Posted by Frank Giger
Ron "Hey there, sailor" Wanttaja
If the fabric on your airplane tore " easy " if ripped,, you would not be here either.
That is what I was saying..Easy is a key word here. What is easy for you may be hard for me. But the point to the conversation. Once that fabric is ripped it does not take much to keep ripping it. Let me ask this. If using Oratex fabric, would you fly if the fabric was ripped?
Ceconite is polyester fabric
Oratex is polyester fabric
Polyfiber is polyester fabric
I think that is the point Dana was making.......the base material is the same. Weave, weight may differ, the coating process is definitely different.
I don't know about Certified Paint, but I can attest that latex paint makes the fabric more like a fine leather than fabric. When I have had to cut the ceconite it's no easy task.
The opinions and statements of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events.
Hey, watch your language, guys! This is a family site! No more posting sailor proposals and talk of ripping one's polyester off with the greatest of ease. Save that stuff for when you're up on the trapeze...
Guy on FB^2 (Fly Baby Facebook Page) is using Oratex, and is posting pictures of the covering process. Looks reeeaallllll nice.
Ron Wanttaja
Here is a link to my first engine start of my Oratex covered Tailwind. I will try to post better pictures so you can get a better look at the fabric. Thought it might be of interest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZn9x27GXU
Keith
Yes I would fly with a tear in the Oratex, matter of fact I have done that up to 140knots. Was part of my own testing the product. Oratex has two products, the 600 for Ultralights and the 6000 for everything else. The 6000 is the strongest fabric on the market and the toughest by far. The Jim Pfarr's Belite used the 600 Ultralight material. The "tear continuation forces" are plenty high enough. Matter of fact, Higher than comparative Ceconite. Don't you think that all the use Oratex has seen in the last 14 years in over 300 planes would have revealed if there would be such a thing as easy Tear Continuation??? We had a guy with a Ultralight be attacked by an EAGLE !!! and the Eagle tore into the fabric in flight and even that did not get bigger etc... Its all on You-Tube. Oratex is as close to bulletproof as Aircraft Fabric can get. Ask the customers.
Bushflying-wise its so popular because of all that.
See here more Oratex in action: That is Racenumber 26, of the RedBull AirRaces, with Oratex6000 on it, Juan Velarde from Spain.
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