3D Printed Fairings

[Drew Dalgleish]

Great topic.
Now brace yourselves for topic creep.

Seems there is some plastic expertise on this thread....
so maybe someone could answer a question
I've wondered about for a long time.

Why has no one made and sold a plastic extrusion, airfoil shaped,
that could slip over the bracing wires on floats?

I'm visualizing something like those booklet binders that
squeeze the left hand side of the pages to hold them together,
but airfoil shaped. Light and cheap. And aerodynamic.

Surely there'd be a reasonable market in the u/l and
homebuilder markets, w/o the hassle of STC certification.
Sorry for the thread topic creep.

John

I haven't looked for a long time but exactly what you describe used to be available for hang glider flying wires

[skidaddy20000]

Hello again. I've been away from the list for a few days. Thanks for the comments on my extruded bracing wire idea. When time allows I'll hunt for them on hang glider sources. I hadn't thought of the flutter issue. If I find any I'll try them on my car/ roof-rack first.
Now back to cleaning up the mess the mice left in our loghouse. Grrrrrrt.

John