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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
[-] borth@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

That's a brand??? Then what's the actual thing called?

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Hook and loop fastener or something long and unwieldy

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah most space age material names are. It's dacron wrapped in mylar surmounted in inconel plated in clyno and attached with velcro. Which of those did I make up?

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I know that Mylar, Inconel and Velcro are real, so it's a toss-up between Dacron and Clyno.

After consulting an online source, I vote that Clyno is the imposter.

[-] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I have only heard some old-fashioned sailors and marketing people call it Dacron, everybody else has settled on polyester

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

You'll hear Dacron in the aviation industry, to refer to "naked cloth" coverings like you see on ultralights, in contrast to something like poly-fiber which is the modern equivalent of cloth and dope.

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