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Old 10-24-2009, 04:00 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I used aluminized plastic honeycomb radiant barrier material
Is that the aerospace equivalent to thermal bubble wrap or are you just more verbose than I?

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Old 10-24-2009, 07:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Do Landau tops attribute to solar heating, or insulate against it?

They're white or red, usually, so that should help a bit, I guess, but I wonder if it's just the fabric isolating direct sunlight from the metal? It's kind of like shading the roof, isn't it?

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