Date:	Sat, 3 Dec 1994 01:38:16 -1000
From:	pmarzocca@njmug.org (Paul Marzocca)
Message-Id: <1237966813.955970@njmug.njmug.org>
Organization: New Jersey Macintosh Users Group
Subject: Spectra in winter

Someone asked about flying in the winter and the affect of cold on equipment.
Can spectra handle the cold?

I saw an ad in Cabellas for SPIDERWIRE ICE LINE used for ice fishing (that
sounds pretty cold to me. The text goes like this:

Spider wire in the hottest selling , high tech fishing line on the
market...the strongest, most resilient line...made from ultra-high molecular
weight polyethylene, this micro-thin superline actually gets stronger as it
gets colder... spectra will not soak up water and will not get brittle when
frozen ... spectra stays pliable down to -60 deg. F ... incredible abrasion
resistance means sharp edges on ice are no longer a problem...

This sounds like we don't have to stop flying until -60 F.  That makes me
feel better.? .

Paul
pmarzocca@njmug.org



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Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 1994 12:27:47 -1000
From:	mark@murder.demon.co.uk (Mark de Roussier)
Message-Id: <786691667snx@murder.demon.co.uk>
Organization: damage
Subject: Re: Spectra in winter

In article <1237966813.955970@njmug.njmug.org> pmarzocca@njmug.org writes:
[stuff deleted...]
> frozen ... spectra stays pliable down to -60 deg. F ... incredible abrasion
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> resistance means sharp edges on ice are no longer a problem...
  ^^^^^^^^^^
> 

Doesn't sound much like Spectra to me - unless the balance of properties
alters at low temperatures e.g. it gets *harder*, but still stays slippery. 

--
Mark de Roussier
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                 A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

                                Jonathon Swift.
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