Transcription of Dacron–A Canvas Alternative
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Wooden CanoeA clothes iron and a temperature calibrator are essential to the job; a small tacking iron is also handy to have. All photos: Alex A Canvas Alternativeby Alex CombThere was a time when most aircraft were built by covering a wood framework with fabric. Perhaps the idea came, in part, from the Canvas -covered canoe, which of course was already well established as the most efficient way to build a light weight craft. Interesting-ly enough, both craft were later built with thin aluminum sheeting over aluminum ribs.
Wooden Canoe Figures 7 (above, left) and 8 (above, right). Tacking the fabric to the stem. Figures 9. Applying adhesive to the Dacron bias tape.
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