Velcro can be very good

[wgalligan]

Lance please... from wet and dripping to 30 foot pokers...

> Since the veltye stuff comes by the yard, I typically wrap two wraps 
> across the width, than another longitudinally.   The hook material 
> captures all 3 wraps, locking them in place  No way for the captured item 
> to come out.
> 
> Of course, this is all forward looking planning suggestions. 
> 
> Our club made a very long tree poker by purchasing a bunch of 8 foot 
> sections of PVC that slip inside one another.  There's a pin (carrage 
> bolt) to hold each one.  If you start with 3" PVC and work down, you can 
> get a 30 foot poker.  I'd bet a lot of guys would want one of those!!
> 
> --Lance
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> "Henderson,Eric" <Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
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> 04/17/2003 10:17 AM
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> The Velcro I am using is GB double sided. It works like a wire tie and has 
> a slot just like a wire tie. You can't pull this stuff apart when used 
> that way. I still think that battery slid out of the foam tube. I should 
> have used a tie-wrap longitudinally as well. Should have, would have , 
> could have....
> 
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> When you all are discussing the problems with velcro, I wonder what kind
> you are using.  I've found that most velcro that I find in the hardware
> stores locally frays easily and the sticky back doesn't hold up.  Then the
> hook material lets go too easily.  I wouldn't trust my battery or receiver
> to it.
> 
> I use a product called Vel-Tye (www.veltye.com).  They have hook material
> called 87S ($4.25 yd) that is so good, it will fray and rip apart normal
> velcro.  For the loop material I use their "back to back hook and loop".
> It is a non-fraying material that is two sided.  It sticks to itself.  Use
> these to wrap up the foam, then epoxy the hook material in your plane, 
> then
> just set the battery/receiver (wrapped in B2B material) on the 87S hook,
> and you're done.  It aint coming off due to any flight loads.
> 
> To separate this, you need to work your fingers through the joint slowly.
> I use this stuff for many purposes and buy it in bulk, then cut it to 
> size.
> 
> Check it out!
> 
> --Lance
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