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btucke73(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: Wing walk tape

Any recommendations from flying 601's on wing walk

tape / compound?  Has anyone used clear?  I like

clear, but suspect it is impossible to keep clean.  



R/



Brandon Tucker

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xl(at)prosody.org
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject: Wing walk tape

I used skateboard grip. Just the just right size.

And it has held up very well - still looks new,

a few rivet heads show but not much. I used black,

at ~$4/grip from the local skateboard shop.

Clear may have been a better choice - didn't think of it.

On second thought, the black gives the passenger a good

target - keeps her off the tender part of the wing.

I say, 'step on the black and no where else',

that has worked, so far.



I did a quick google search and came up with:

http://www.outlookskates.com/GripTape.htm

Clear grip so images on top of deck can be seen.

$8.99 (one sheet of 9" X 33" clear grip tape)



Joe E

N633Z (at) BFI

300 hours

601XL, Jabiru 3300, Sensenich wood 64x48

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Brandon Tucker wrote:

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 Any recommendations from flying 601's on wing walk

 tape / compound?  Has anyone used clear?  I like

 clear, but suspect it is impossible to keep clean.

 R/

 Brandon Tucker

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webmaster(at)upac.ca
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:07 am Post subject: Wing walk tape

Brandon, I looked all over the place for a suitable tape and found  

the odd place that carried the usual black stuff but not in wide  

enough sections.



As it happened I was in a hardware store (Home Hardware here in  

Canada) and found something really neat. They had some vinyl non-skid  

2" wide tape for bathroom shower sills. It was grey is color and  

suited my two-tone (white and black) 601 perfectly. I bought enough  

to do 3 strips on either side and it's been perfect even since. I  

think the fact that it was vinyl made me pick it up. I was worried  

that the usual paper-backed stuff you find for skateboards and such  

would not stand up to washings. This stuff has no such paper backing!



Trev Page

C-IDUS 601HD R912

On Feb 19, 2006, at 11:06 PM, Brandon Tucker wrote:



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 Any recommendations from flying 601's on wing walk

 tape / compound?  Has anyone used clear?  I like

 clear, but suspect it is impossible to keep clean.



 R/



 Brandon Tucker

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