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Since the beaches in the Panhandle are closed and my friends and I will not be flying for a while, I decided to make spare net from .7mm Dyneema. (8 knots wide X 50…I can always trim it down.) I used the Hercules Dyneema that Paul (GliderPilot) used, but I ordered .7mm from Amazon for $8.30 for 100M … just wanted a bit heavier line to work with…it is still much thinner that what we already have on the units.

This is the knot that I used…Dyneema is very slick, and this knot doesn’t slip:

This is the net making video that I used but used the above knot for extra security:

Here are a few pictures of tools, Dyneema and finished product… my 3D printer is a bit small, so, I designed 1/2 of a netting needle where I could overlap 2 halves and glue them together:


netting needle.stl (156.9 KB)

It was a fairly enjoyable process, and I now have a Very strong spare net. I hope this is helpful to someone.

Bill

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