Solite VS tissue covering

Nov 09, 2003 1 Replies

I am about to start building a Herr Engineering StarLite and was wondering which of solite or tissue and dope would be lighter, and if the difference would be significant. I have used solite before and that was pretty easy, tissue and dope sounds like a pain in the butt.


-- Chris W



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I'd stick with the Solite. I doubt you'd save any significant weight with the tissue and dope, and the heat-shrinkable films are sooooo much easier to apply.

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