“Duct tape on an engine cowling? Good gosh.”
It’s called “Speed Tape”, and it’s been around for decades. Originally developed by NASCAR.
Yeah, I’ve heard of that. If only the plane didn’t go just a teensy bit faster than a NASCAR car.
What’s his purpose there? Keeping water out of that seam?
It's been around for longer than decades and it wasn't originally developed by NASCAR.
NASCAR may have given it the SPEED TAPE name (when used for NASCAR vehicles), but the tape was around long before NASCAR existed.
I called it DUCT TAPE, but what I found interesting is that the original name of it was DUCK TAPE.
Some companies call it DUCK, some DUCT.
The tape was invented for use in sealing up ammo cases (for WWII).
It was called DUCK TAPE because water ran off it like water off the back of a DUCK.
I apologize for confusing the issue and displaying a bit of ignorance.
There are two distinct types of DUCT tape (SPEED TAPE).
One is the rubberized cloth adhesive tape (Duct or Duck tape)
The other is the aluminized adhesive tape (Speed tape). It has been in use by the aircraft industry for a long time, so I don’t think it was NASCAR that invented it, but who knows. I used to have some of it. It’s pretty expensive and my dad used to bring it home from TWA.
Since it would(or should) only be the ALUMINUM TAPE being used on any kind of aircraft (well, except for cloth covered planes) , I should have known you were talking about IT, not duct tape.