MichaelRapp
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Hi all,
I was brainstorming this afternoon for an inexpensive material for streamers that would hold an accordion-folded shape well; that is, it would resist smoothing out during descent better than crepe paper would.
My first thought was wax paper, but this is coated only on one side with wax leaving the other side fairly flammable. Parchment paper seems to be coated with silicone and designed to be resistant to flame up to 450 degrees F. From the 40 Years of Model Rockerty: A Safety Report (https://www.nar.org/pdf/40years.pdf) it seems that the ejection gases would be around 540 degrees F, with most of this hitting the recovery wadding. Still I am unsure of the temperature drop off rate between ejection and the streamer.
I guess what I am asking is, is parchment paper an appropriate streamer material?
I was brainstorming this afternoon for an inexpensive material for streamers that would hold an accordion-folded shape well; that is, it would resist smoothing out during descent better than crepe paper would.
My first thought was wax paper, but this is coated only on one side with wax leaving the other side fairly flammable. Parchment paper seems to be coated with silicone and designed to be resistant to flame up to 450 degrees F. From the 40 Years of Model Rockerty: A Safety Report (https://www.nar.org/pdf/40years.pdf) it seems that the ejection gases would be around 540 degrees F, with most of this hitting the recovery wadding. Still I am unsure of the temperature drop off rate between ejection and the streamer.
I guess what I am asking is, is parchment paper an appropriate streamer material?