I don't think super-thin is important. In fact, I personally think it's a detriment and it's a potential trip hazard problem that we'll have to solve, although I think we should do that regardless of the string we get.<div>
<br></div><div>The primary problem is we know the string's strength. NASA likes these numbers. We've already given them the ones from the kite string Meredith found. We would have gone with what we already had, if we could get numbers on it for NASA, but nobody could come up with that.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The secondary problem is every bit of the weight of the string will be adding to the payload. I personally don't think we'll be high enough that this'll be a problem, but it's not an insignificant concern.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I really like that stuff that David got for Ephemerisle. I've cc'd him here so maybe he might be able to share with us where he got it and how much it was. IIRC, it was pretty pricey, but came on a big spool that we shouldn't need. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Christie<br clear="all">_______<br>"We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17<br><br>The outer bounds is only the beginning. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Brian Choate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.choate@gmail.com">brian.choate@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Do we specifically want to have something that is very thin, almost invisible to tether? If that is not super critical we have ~200 ft of cord I picked up to use as the main payload tether.<br><font color="#888888"><br>B. <br>
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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Christie Dudley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:longobord@gmail.com" target="_blank">longobord@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
You might also ask some of the knot/boat enthusiasts. You're likely to get a lot more than you wanted to hear with advice, but they can probably point you in the right direction. I think Shannon is on this list, but also David knows quite a lot about low-weight high-strength stuff and where to get it. The stuff he got for Ephemerisle might do quite well for this application.<div>
<br></div><div>Christie</div><div>_______<br>"We also briefly discussed having officers replaced by very small shell scripts." -- Noisebridge meeting notes 2008-06-17<br><br>The outer bounds is only the beginning. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/</a><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Michael C. Toren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mct@toren.net" target="_blank">mct@toren.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 11:25:00PM -0700, meredith scheff wrote:<br>
> oh no!<br>
> I just got an email from the kite string place that i ordered out tethering<br>
> line from- they are out of stock.<br>
> does anyone know any local kite string resources?<br>
<br>
</div>High Line Kites in Berkeley is awesome:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.highlinekites.com/visit_us.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.highlinekites.com/visit_us.shtml</a><br>
<br>
You'll have to wait until Thursday to see him, though. I'd recommend<br>
giving him a call at his office number tomorrow, to confirm he'll have<br>
what you want, and see if he'll maybe let you come pick it up earlier.<br>
<br>
-mct<br>
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