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Old 05-31-2008, 11:09 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ophbalance View Post
Heh, the missus has a slew of crafting scissors that can make any type of zig-zag imaginable. I'm making me some of this .

The stuff they use on sailplanes is pretty thick, maybe 0.030" or more. You might want to layer the tape to that thickness, then cut it with pinking shears.

FWIW, the sailplane stuff has the innie and outie zizgags parallel, if that makes any difference.

The little turbulator bumps on my Bimmer 3 Series mirror housings are about the same height, i.e., ~0.030".

I suppose the turbulator has to be a given height to trip the flow optimally.
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