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Could a “sil-polyester” tent fabric be as good as silnylon (except in strength)?
Polyester is more UV resistant than nylon and does not stretch when wet nearly as much as nylon but it’s not as strong. Is there way, say Dyneema ripstop threads, to make “sil-polyester” strong enough to withstand high winds as well as sil-nylon?
They exist, I have one.
2015 Sierra Designs Flashlight 1 FL
Great tent, silicone treated polyester. For the UL crowd it is a bit heavy at 2# 5 oz with stakes. I have since bought a hexamid that I have been using, but I am saving the Flashlight for if/when I get tired of climbing under the beak.
The flashlight has been wind tested at SD up to around 40 mph I believe, so it is somewhat wind worthy.
Maybe I’m wrong, but weren’t the old Gossamer Gear spinnaker shelters made out of a “sil-polyester”?
if you have a look at the MYOG page there are a LOT of people experimenting with the silpoly. The tear strength is terrible, but everything else seems pretty good.
I bought some 1.1 silpoly to try to make a pyramid tarp out of, and I know Nick Smolinske has done quite a bit with it. I’m too lazy to link it right now but have a look over at MYOG.
Your right Mark they were sil-polyester.
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