nylon covering...

[Bootlegger]

  Who remembers using nylon for covering material on our models?  Also silk scarves on the combat wings?  Ah, nostalgia...

  Share with all of us if you used these coverings..

[Ken Burdick]

Have a look n Flying Lines under combat for the combat graffiti articles. Many of the models are silk and nylon.

http://flyinglines.org/graffiti.16.html

[Dennis Nunes]

Thinking about this brought back some memories of some 45+ years ago. Several of us flew good old Voodoo's as teenagers. My friend was given an old military camouflaged nylon parachute. Another guy purchased an orange/white nylon parachute from a military surplus store. I think he paid $5 for it. I can’t remember how many combat wings we covered with that stuff. The biggest downside was the weight, it was pretty heavy. The upside was that it was free and extremely strong, making the plane almost impenetrable. It really made for some pretty cool looking camouflaged planes!

[Tommy Swonke]

In the early 60's a lot of the guys in my area were using silk scarves to cover their wings. Some were very brightly colored floral and paisley designs.

Very uniquely looking planes back then. I covered several of my combat ships this way. You could buy the scarves for about a dollar each at the 5& dime store.

Good ol' days for sure..... Tommy

[Kreth]

I still use nylon chiffon to cover some things, like a renegade I flew yesterday.  Tough stuff!!!

[john e. holliday]

I remember being told that nylon was to be used for planes that may last a long time, like stunt and scale.  Silk was used on combat planes.  The remembrance just hit me of Mike McAdams flying an Equalizer at a Nebraska contest that he covered with nylon.   After a mid air he picked up the remains like a grocery sack.  All the parts were still in side the covering.  It was funny back then.

[Lauri Malila]

Polyester ripstop cloth would be much better. See www.faimodelsupply.com (look for LW. Icarex)

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