According to Amir on this video, Soul uses a PU silicon coating that should last 500 hours.
According to Amir on this video, Soul uses a PU silicon coating that should last 500 hours.
Yes but what about the seams?
To dab silicone on thread holes would take forever. Solvent thinned silicone can be applied very thin and most of the solution evaporates. I agree you can look at the sewn seams and guess where it is less air tight. To reduce porosity I coated a few very leaky kites and the improvements were durable enough to last many sessions since. Leak timing tests with fan inflation before and after coating was helpful to verify improvements and re-flying was proof.nothing2seehere wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:53 amDo you have any suggestions for goop? I know people have talked about thinned silicon sealant in the past to completely coat the kite. I'm wondering if applying the same across the seams might be a good shout?
I remember that post and I remember thinking that you shouldn't worry about the loose seams but I have changed my mind since then. After watching how much air comes out of the seams I think at a guess it's 5 times more than comes out the dirt out holes. I'm hoping more people test their kites. This is just one test and so far everyone has just been guessing. Let's figure out exactly where it leaks and how much.lopor wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 2:10 pmIn second post of this topic nothing2seehere gave us a link to another topic where I was discussing and showed a picture of a little loose seams. However, if you visit that topic, I think my main message is in my following post (viewtopic.php?p=1160447#p1160447) - we probably should not worry about the stitches (especially on the Soul V2) as the dirt outs seem to leak a significant amount of air (I know they are meant to be open to let dirt and water leave the kite but I do not think that the seams are a problem since our foil kites have such a big dirt outs)
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