• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      Yeah most space age material names are. It’s dacron wrapped in mylar surmounted in inconel plated in clyno and attached with velcro. Which of those did I make up?

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        5 hours ago

        I know that Mylar, Inconel and Velcro are real, so it’s a toss-up between Dacron and Clyno.

        After consulting an online source, I vote that Clyno is the imposter.

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          5 hours ago

          I have only heard some old-fashioned sailors and marketing people call it Dacron, everybody else has settled on polyester

          • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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            3 hours ago

            You’ll hear Dacron in the aviation industry, to refer to “naked cloth” coverings like you see on ultralights, in contrast to something like poly-fiber which is the modern equivalent of cloth and dope.