DIY glass fibre plenum chamber? Bad idea?

Orin Eman orin at wolfenet.com
Wed Feb 11 08:20:28 GMT 1998


> When I was in College we used a material called Spectre from Allied Signal.  It
> claimed to be better than Kevlar in nearly all categories...  I think it may
> have had a temperature problem though... can't recall.   We used it to build
> 20' x 4'x1"  solar panels for our GM Sunrayce entry.

> The stuff sure was hard to cut!

> There are also composite- composite fibers...  like Kevlar woven with glass
> etc...  that can lend some good properties also.


Speaking of Kevlar and related fabrics, does anyone know of a source
of very thin Kevlar cloth?  (< .005").

Orin.



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