Comment by Paul Marsh on April 28, 2012 at 5:31am

Good job!  I enjoyed the video.  Looking forward to see how your new airframe works out.

Comment by Scott Avey on April 28, 2012 at 6:20am

like the new co-host. But now you're gonna have to call it "Our Geek Show"

Comment by Trent at MyGeekShow on April 28, 2012 at 9:06am

Paul: Thank you! We have high hopes for it too, hopefully it performs it's APM function. We've never done a APM flying wing....

Scott: Ha ha! That is true... We'll have to rethink the name now :)

Comment by Robert Sinclair on April 28, 2012 at 9:27am

If you can't find a liquid i would recommend Covering Film.  They have clear and coloured.  It's rather cheap too.

Comment by John Culp on April 28, 2012 at 4:20pm

You may be able to use laminating film. Check out crashtesthobby.com.  Lee shows how to cover epp foam wings with 3mil laminate. 

Moderator Comment by Mark Harrison on April 28, 2012 at 8:08pm

Laminating film seems like a good idea.  Over on the Zephyr II forum, BCSaltchucker says this about the  Zii covering:

it is just laminate used for laminating paper documents, like they use at your local Staples or Office Depot. Super super inexpensive and yet strengthens these planes really well. I bought a 250 ft roll online for $35 which is enough to cover 15 or 20 planes.

I found this roll of 1.5mil:http://www.binding101.com/25x250-school-film.html

HTH!

Comment by Ajienux on April 28, 2012 at 11:19pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ihrh_3Bxs

Comment by Scott Avey on April 29, 2012 at 4:44pm

For the film covering:

We are moving and had some extra sticky carpet covering. It's basically a huge roll of packing tape. Pretty sticky stuff. It's used to put down on carpet to keep foot traffic from soiling the carpet. Should be available at home depot or somewhere similar. It's at least 24-36" wide.

Comment by OG on April 30, 2012 at 6:57am

Wow you make it look so easy nice work! 3m carbon fiber laminate or vinyl if you can afford it or cheaper would be hear shrink plastic, plastic dip . if you can hotwire a wing out of fome you can cover it in fiber glass not hard lots of how 2 on YouTube look @ carbonfiber how . I am not sour if robber spray would melt the fome.

Comment by Veikko Vierola on May 1, 2012 at 2:33am

Hi, this is something that Hunter Parris recommended. Never tried it my self but the videos give quite good impression about the material. Can be "painted".

http://hotwirefoamfactory.com/-024-QT-Styroplast-Quart.html

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