Fried My Last Thin Mil Mylar Chute

ASP and Edmund Scientific have .5 Mil mylar in sheets. They are a little pricey. Does anybody know of a source for purchasing by the roll? I didn't find a vendor doing a google search.

I did find something of interest. Several NASA documents mention .25 Mil Aluminized Kapton. Does anybody have any experience with this? Know of a source?

roy:

I tried to get some of that aluminized kapton film several years ago and basically was told that the amount produced is the amount used for spacecraft and such. They told me they may have small scraps left laying around after use. Theres no such thing as a small roll of the stuff and its expensive..really really really expensive..

you can get various mils of mylar here:

https://www.nielsensenterprises.com/snomo/mylar.htm

totally tubular sells .25 and .5 mil mylar....

https://www.wooshrocketry.org/misc/tt.htm

https://www.mpioutdoors.com/main.htm

hth

terry dean
nar 16158

Originally posted by shockwaveriderz
roy:

I tried to get some of that aluminized kapton film several years ago and basically was told that the amount produced is the amount used for spacecraft and such.

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I just did a quick search for kapton film on McMaster and found quite a bit. A section of 0.002"x12"x24" was $18.64 They have different thicknesses and sizes (even a cut-to-length option) and while not cheap, it's not NASA expensive either.

https://www.mcmaster.com search on item 2271K4

-Aaron

but its not .25 mil and its not aluminized..... the 2 mil thick kapton is too thick for parachutes... I know I have some ..makes great body tubes though...

terry dean
nar 16158

perhaps somebody should consider using kevlar thread to sew mylar(on one side) to flourescent orange ripstop nylon on the other side........

terry dean
nar 16158

Thanks Terry!

I didn't realize TT had such a selection. I must have never scrolled down beyond body tubes.