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Dental Elastics
ama353 Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:16 pm
Many of the Cox airplanes use rubber bands to hold the model together. My experience has been that the rubber bands don't hold up well once they're exposed to fuel or exhaust.
If anyone has used dental elastics (rubber bands) for this or any other purpose, please share your experience. My suspicion would be that they must be pretty durable, but then, I'm not a dentist. Really!
Dennis
If anyone has used dental elastics (rubber bands) for this or any other purpose, please share your experience. My suspicion would be that they must be pretty durable, but then, I'm not a dentist. Really!
Dennis
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Re: Dental Elastics
RknRusty Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:07 pm
These are similar to the #32 size fuelproof rubber bands I buy at my LHS:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJC76&P=FR#tech
I change them every time i go fly. I don't know about the dental rubber bands.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJC76&P=FR#tech
I change them every time i go fly. I don't know about the dental rubber bands.
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Re: Dental Elastics
John Goddard Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:14 pm
The trick with rubber bands is to wash them in washing up liquid when you get them home
then wipe them dry and give them a liberal dusting with talcum powder.
I'm not sure how it happens but it makes them almost like new and you'll get months
of use out of them if you follow the above the same day as flying rather than chuck them
away for a week or how ever long you have between sessions.
then wipe them dry and give them a liberal dusting with talcum powder.
I'm not sure how it happens but it makes them almost like new and you'll get months
of use out of them if you follow the above the same day as flying rather than chuck them
away for a week or how ever long you have between sessions.
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Re: Dental Elastics
Cribbs74 Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:19 pm
John??? What the heck! You disappear only to return and post useful info on rubber bands?
Good to have you back.
Ron
Good to have you back.
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Re: Dental Elastics
John Goddard Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:43 pm
Yo Ron good ta b bad
Well
Almost back in the real world
I have missed all this.
Well
Almost back in the real world
I have missed all this.
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Re: Dental Elastics
Mark Boesen Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:16 pm
hey John!
...you know as i'm saying howdy to our long lost English buddy, i 'm wondering if something like this would last longer,
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scunci-No-Damage-Hair-Ties-Black-15-count/21143637
and yes i agree you gotta clean oil/fuel off of them after every use to get any kind of time out of them.
...you know as i'm saying howdy to our long lost English buddy, i 'm wondering if something like this would last longer,
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scunci-No-Damage-Hair-Ties-Black-15-count/21143637
and yes i agree you gotta clean oil/fuel off of them after every use to get any kind of time out of them.
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Re: Dental Elastics
pkrankow Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:36 pm
There is another version of those that is made from silicone rubber in bright colors.Mark Boesen wrote:hey John!
...you know as i'm saying howdy to our long lost English buddy, i 'm wondering if something like this would last longer,
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scunci-No-Damage-Hair-Ties-Black-15-count/21143637
and yes i agree you gotta clean oil/fuel off of them after every use to get any kind of time out of them.
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Re: Dental Elastics
RknRusty Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:50 pm
I bought some of those colorful ones at Dollar General and bungeed some panty hose on my Thunder Tiger venturi with a couple of them. After I choked it to prime the engine, they got wet and melted, then the hose got sucked in and jammed in the crankshaft. Mmmmkay, so much for that idea. I flew naked with no panty hose that day! No video.pkrankow wrote:
There is another version of those that is made from silicone rubber in bright colors.
Phil
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Re: Dental Elastics
John Goddard Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:10 am
Id have paid good money to see thatRknRusty wrote:I bought some of those colorful ones at Dollar General and bungeed some panty hose on my Thunder Tiger venturi with a couple of them. After I choked it to prime the engine, they got wet and melted, then the hose got sucked in and jammed in the crankshaft. Mmmmkay, so much for that idea. I flew naked with no panty hose that day! No video.pkrankow wrote:
There is another version of those that is made from silicone rubber in bright colors.
Phil
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Re: Dental Elastics
OVERLORD Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:55 am
Aie, Rusty, I warned you for that!!RknRusty wrote:I bought some of those colorful ones at Dollar General and bungeed some panty hose on my Thunder Tiger venturi with a couple of them. After I choked it to prime the engine, they got wet and melted, then the hose got sucked in and jammed in the crankshaft. Mmmmkay, so much for that idea. I flew naked with no panty hose that day! No video.pkrankow wrote:
There is another version of those that is made from silicone rubber in bright colors.
Phil
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https://www.coxengineforum.com/t4969-tee-dee-051
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OVERLORD on Fri May 24, 2013 8:57 am
Has anyone tried the nylon hose yet?
I would be very carefull with it: it is not rigid and can distort by the air flow. It is after all a resistance.
I knew a guy who put a nylon hose over the carburettor of his car as an air filter. The hose was sucked in the intake manifold and was wrapped around the valves. He got himself a nice job that day."
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Re: Dental Elastics
RknRusty Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:08 am
Yeah, Lieven, and I pooh poohed your warning and did it anyway. See what I got for that! Actually I did do it again with waxed dental floss to hold it on. But a real snap on air filter is a better idea for restricting the flow. and you can block it off more safely if needed.
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Re: Dental Elastics
RknRusty Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:18 am
You English guys are so weird!John Goddard wrote:Id have paid good money to see thatRknRusty wrote:...I flew naked with no panty hose that day! No video.
Rusty
Glad you dropped in to entertain us, JG.
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