New Kevlar Super Line?

Check this line out. It looks interesting.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFU22&P=7

This is the first I've seen it.
Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?
What diameter cable could it replace?

"Tufstrand is lightweight and flexible"
Well if that is in the lenght direction it's not good...
Norvald Olsvold

The one advantage this stuff has is that it does not conduct electricity so it is safer. The biggest disadvantage is the wind resistance. Ive never known anybody to actually choose to use this stuff. IT does not slide together as well as wire cable or solid lines ans it is somewhat springy to use, maybe partly becaus of the bow in the lines. Not reccomended generally except perhaps for the very beginner and even then I doubt it.Keith V

It makes a great stooge release line...

>Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?

The formum does...

...and it does not seem to be positive.

Tufstrand has been on the market for at least 10 years. I have never heard a positive thing said about it's qualities as a flying line. I bought one set and flew with them one time. They bow too much in flight, and give a sluggish reaction when the handle is moved. This is another example of what happens when a non controline flyer designs something for controline flyers.

They also drag badly with only a few wraps in them. Loop 3tree or four times and they really bind up. I tried them and do not endorse them for anything other than stooge release line.

Use one line for your stooge (easy to see and pick up!)

The other one is used to wrap stuff you want to strengthen, like the ends of pushrods.

Also, it is kind of open fiber, so you can strip out teeny tiny strands for this and that.

Only time I've ever seen it recommended is in the Model Aviation article on the Haboob (wind flier) about 18-20 years ago.

I tried the kevlar lines when they first came out, which I am thinking was mid-1980s. I put it on an old fast combat plane just to see what would happen.
It slowed the plane by about 10 mph (from 109 mph to 99) -- and I flew the whole flight looking at the front of the airplane, due to the bow in the lines. That was the end of that!
--jt

I was seriously considering buying this stuff; Not now.
Thanks for sharing guys.

I am in the Thursday frame of mind and:
Mr. Kevlar Super Line, “The tribe has spoken”.