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To: Seruzawa

“That’s why they call it Dope.”
Y’all must have missed some history.
It used to be we built aircraft out of wood and fabric.
Be it a model or a full sized aircraft.
We sealed that fabric with “Dope”
to make the fabric water tolerant.
If you didn’t have good ventilation,
you got pretty messed up.
Very similar to a variety of illegal
drugs.
Hence the adoption of calling drugs Dope.


10 posted on 10/09/2025 11:20:31 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: rellic

Butyl acetate if I remember.


11 posted on 10/09/2025 11:24:14 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: rellic

Ive doped my share of balsawoid airplanes.


15 posted on 10/10/2025 5:45:37 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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