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Jeff O'Brien
7/5/2010 6:44 AM
Organic Translucence...
Last Saturday at the Demo Day event in Salt Lake City, Dave Gibson hooked into an organic looking new T2C. It is a glider Steve Pearson is hoping to free fly for a few weeks. Enjoy it and tinker with it as a designer should.
The upper surface is made from Technora® is a very strong para-aramid fiber. It's the latest exotic fabric offered by Wills Wing.
Here are some specs on Technora from the manufacturer:
High tensile strength - Strong and light: weight for weight, Technora is 8 times stronger than steel and 3 times stronger than fiberglass, polyester or nylon yarns.
Fatigue resistance: Shows little loss of strength even during repeated abrasion, flexing and stretching.
Dimensional stability: Stiff and highly oriented molecular structure leads to a high modulus of elasticity, low creep and low stress relaxation. Low thermal shrinkage, i.e., excellent dimensional stability.
Heat resistance: Thermal decomposition threshold of 500ºC, so Technora can be used at 200ºC for long periods. At 250ºC, it maintains more than half of its room-temperature tensile strength.
Chemical resistance: Highly resistant to acids, alkalis and organic solvents; not vulnerable to damage caused by steam or sea water.
Dave Gibson on the Technora T2C 144. Photo by Jeff O'Brien.
So, Technora is ridiculously strong, light, and stretch resistant. Plus, it looks amazing. Steve, one of the local seasonal HG pilots was raving about the look. He commented that the red undersurface diffused through the Technora looked like the muscle fibers in the body connected by tendons of sail webbing and bones of aluminum and carbon. Technora topped gliders are stunning.
Dave Gibson and Steve Pearson set up the Technora topped T2C. Photo by Ryan Voight.
The red bottom T2C does have an organically translucent look to it. It was stunning in the air.
Technora at the Wills Wing factory. (backed by a white fabric to show detail) - Photo by Jeff O'Brien.
Dave Gibson and the mountain in silhouette. Photo by Jeff O'Brien.
So, what's the down side? While there's no disputing the strength of the fabric, the longevity in a hang gliding application and resistance to abrasion from launch, landing, setup, transport is a concern. The oldest Technora sail is being currently flown by Dustin Martin and is 9 months old. While he's meticulous with his gear, he's also traveled with it to South America two or three times, and flown it in various conditions. He says the integrity of the fabric is holding up very well.
Photo by Jeff O'Brien
With the upcoming Pre-Words in Italy at the end of July, it should provide another real world test of the performance and durability of the fabric.
Currently, Wills Wing is offering three fabric options besides dacron for the upper surfaces on T2's and T2C's:
PX - LINK HERE
From Pearson: PE - (or PEN fabric) is similar in construction to the PX styles except that the rectangular scrim and diagonal X-ply fibers are higher strength and stiffer than polyester which improves both handing and performance. We offer the PEN fabric in two styles which are structurally identical except for UV resistance. The grey-smoke color uses standard PET (Mylar) film. The bright white material uses clear UV film with bright white adhesive (often referred to as titanium dioxide coating) between the film and the underlying fibers. UV film is not a coating, but a PET film that is molecularly altered for superior UV stability. In general, UV coatings between the film and underlying fibers (like titanium dioxide)offer very little benefit for the longevity of laminated sailcloth.
Technora - Superior in strength and weight to both the above fabrics. Not available with a UV film.
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