So i don't like using tape to connect a streamer to the shock cord. I know I could punch a hole in the streamer and make my own eyelet, but I'm clumsy and liable to mess it up. There's lots of companies out there that make very nice parachutes.. surely someone makes a streamer that has a reinforced eyelet hole? I know there's a few people (like top flight) that make streamers with shroud type lines attached to them, but what I'm looking to do is reduce the number of lines inside of a rocket, not add to them
Any ideas?
Note- i'm looking more for small streamers for small rockets (like my Estes Yankee) than trying to put a streamer on a 30foot L3 build.
thanks!
Having flown "Estes Type" Streamer Models for over 40years I have to say off the top, your dislike for tape disc attached streamers is to be honest totally unfounded. They work, have worked and always will work with Crepe paper, Caution Plastic Tape, Surveyor's Plastic tape, most Ribbon and Tracing paper Streamers.
Can't tell you if there is a company the puts a Hole in their streamers as I've never looked for such a thing unless using RS Nylon which I generally sew around the attachment opening to stop potential fraying.
That said; Their is a fairly convenient way to ADD a 1/4" punched hole to your streamers that is most often used by Competition Streamer Duration flyers you might want to try.
* Lay your streamer on a hard surface or table.
*Cut a small piece of 20-22ga music wire about the width of the streamer.
*Using a thin mylar tape fold over about 1/4" of the streamer material around the music wire and secure with the tape.
*Using a standard 1/4" One-Hole punch, put a hole in the streamer centered width wise and a little above the music wire by an 1/8" or so.
*Now you can tie on your streamer using a loose loop of shroud line or Kevlar thread tied with a bowline. For use in Sport flying models you could forget the loop tying and bowline and just use a snap swivel attached through the punched hole.
Sorry no photos of this procedure, Never thought to take them.
The most common way of attaching competition streamers to shroud line leaders it using a needle threading the line up the streamer a minimum of 4 holes, tying an overhand knot in the end of the line and covering on one side with a strip of thin Mylar (often use Chrome adhesive backed Trim Monokote) tape. See several material done in photos below.