Fabric wheeldisks - fabric thickness?

Torben Scheel wrote:

> I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
> http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
>
> BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I just
> can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?

Dunno whta the specification is, but I use the ordinary stuff sold off a big roll in my local
kite shop.

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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"Dave Larrington" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Torben Scheel wrote:
>
> > I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
> > http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
> >
> > BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I
> > just can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?
>
> Dunno whta the specification is, but I use the ordinary stuff sold off a
big
> roll in my local kite shop.

I'll try that tactic. I think it's 38g / m2

thanks! Torben

> > > I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
> > > http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
> > >
> > > BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I
> > > just can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?

Hello Torbin,

Alan has helped me make these fabric wheeldiscs. If you follow his advice and order direct from
kitebuilder.com, the fabric (nylon) arrives as a standard 1 yard wide textile bolt X number of feet
you ordered. If you need some help building these discs I would be happy to share the Alan Arial
Aero gospel with you.

-Keith

"Torben Scheel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
> http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
>
> BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I just
> can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?

Torben,

Fabric is described as so much weight per area of square measure. In the USA that is oz/sq yd so I
would guess that .75 oz cloth would be roughly 21 grams per sq m.

Did I get my decimal points right????? Ohhh metric is SOOOO complicated.

Jerry

Keith, Please share, I need all the help I can get.

Windy City Rider wrote:

>>>>I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
>>>>http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
>>>>
>>>>BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I
>>>>just can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?
>
>
> Hello Torbin,
>
> Alan has helped me make these fabric wheeldiscs. If you follow his advice and order direct from
> kitebuilder.com, the fabric (nylon) arrives as a standard 1 yard wide textile bolt X number of
> feet you ordered. If you need some help building these discs I would be happy to share the Alan
> Arial Aero gospel with you.
>
> -Keith

Jerry Rhodes wrote:
> "Torben Scheel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
>>http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
>>
>>BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I just
>>can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?
>
>
> Torben,
>
> Fabric is described as so much weight per area of square measure. In the USA that is oz/sq yd so I
> would guess that .75 oz cloth would be roughly 21 grams per sq m.
>
> Did I get my decimal points right????? Ohhh metric is SOOOO complicated.
>
> Jerry

Decimal point is right, but it's 21.3 g/sq yd, or 25.4 g/m^2.

Dave Lehnen

"Jerry Rhodes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Torben Scheel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this :
> > http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
> >
> > BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I
> > just can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?
>
> Torben,
>
> Fabric is described as so much weight per area of square measure. In the USA that is oz/sq yd so I
> would guess that .75 oz cloth would be roughly 21 grams per sq m.
>
> Did I get my decimal points right????? Ohhh metric is SOOOO complicated.
I think you did it right. Thanks a lot!

Torben

"Windy City Rider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > > I'm considering making wheeldisks of ripstop nylon, inspired by this
:
> > > > http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/ariail/fabric_wheeldisks.htm
> > > >
> > > > BUT the fabric is stated as being .75 oz - no size stated (Square yards? square feet?) and I
> > > > just can't translate that to a metric measure. Can anybody help?
>
> Hello Torbin,
>
> Alan has helped me make these fabric wheeldiscs. If you follow his advice and order direct from
> kitebuilder.com, the fabric (nylon) arrives as a standard 1 yard wide textile bolt X number of
> feet you ordered. If you need some help building these discs I would be happy to share the Alan
> Arial Aero gospel with you.

One of the points is that I'd like to avoid ordering fabric overseas - we have plenty of kiteshops
around here. Thanks for the offer for help. It SEEMS to be pretty straightforward, but who knows how
much trouble I could get into.. maybe even a catastophe of Toronto dimensions ;-)

Regards, Torben