Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ?

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From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Subject	Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ?
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Date	2026-01-02 02:18 +0000

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On 2026-01-01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 17:23:38 -0600, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:
>
>> 100 mph?  I thought that was strictly a military thing.
>
> Various reference sources claim that name originates from the Vietnam
> War, because the tape was used for fixing helicopter rotor blades, and
> had to withstand the blades whirling around at that speed without
> coming apart.
>
> That doesn’t make sense to me. Rotor blade tips move faster than that
> -- in fact, in normal flight, they regularly exceed the speed of sound
> at some point in the rotation, which is where that clattering noise
> comes from: it’s a sonic boom.
>
> And nobody would trust anything as crude as duck tape in anything as
> safety-critical as a high-stress connection which is essential for
> ensuring an aircraft stays in the air ...

Watch the movie "Fandango".  At one point Truman sticks part of the
airplane back on with some 100-mph tape.

Back when I was flying skydivers (when I wasn't jumping myself), if
a whuffo (a pejorative skydiving term for non-jumpers), would ask,
"Whuffo you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" I'd reply,
"Have you _seen_ some of those airplanes?"  (OK, we did keep
things as shipshape as necessary - but not much more.)  Our
primary use of duct tape was to cover sharp edges and to stick
various apparatus (e.g. GoPro cameras) to the outside of the plane.

Red Green once claimed that the only tools a man needs are some
duct tape and some WD-40.  If it moves and shouldn't, use the
duct tape.  If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.

(I know, there is a tape trademarked "Duck Tape".  But I figure
that a more generic use for the stuff is to seal ducts.)

-- 
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      Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-01 19:21 +0000
        Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-02 02:56 -0500
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      Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-01 21:48 +0000
        Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-01-01 17:23 -0600
          Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-01 23:56 +0000
            Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-02 02:18 +0000
              Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-02 05:02 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-02 06:04 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-02 21:27 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-03 00:18 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-02 21:44 -0500
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-01-03 06:09 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-03 08:41 +0000
                Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-01-05 12:52 +0100
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