Not really a RC question. Is it ok to iron monokote onto a light balsa rubberband powered model (Dumas, Guillow, etc.) and it will still fly? I know the supplied tissue covering will puncture if you stare at it hard enough, just wanted to know if the weight will be affected. Thanks.

You can buy lite weight vinyl coverings.

The transparents are lighter than the opaques

TopFlite Econokote
Towerkote
Coverlite

Try Peck Polymers
http://tinyurl.com/b8p6ce

Sig has lite covering
http://tinyurl.com/c9zbec

There are films a lot lighter than monokote, but I thing most will be to heavy for the light balsa frame planes. Besides the weight though, the shrinking will likely break the small sticks in those models. You might try the "Club house" or the "Off Topic" forums if you don't get the answers here. If I remember correctly, there was some very light silkspan that could be used for those models. I haven't done anyting with them in 40 years though, so there may be covering that I don't know about, or what I do know about may not be avaiable any longer. Good luck.

Don