wnorth(at)sdccd.edu
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 Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: paint |
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Doug,
you don't neeed nooo steankin' paint, jus' fly it.
And by the way start flying it some where, more often... three years and
only one set of tires... geesh, for a retired guy you need to get yor
priorities tuned up a bit.
Truth be told, get some flat stock and practice painting with a few brands
and see what you like and don't like. See if you can borrow an HVLP or
standard type to play with a bit.
The other thang to decide is do you want a two inch airplane or a twenty
foot airplane. Most are twenty foot meaning you see no anomallies at a 20ft
distance. This is what really determines the amount of time you will put
into it.
Both are good, neither are bad, just different missions. Show takes a ton of
work to get there and to keep it at show level but you get lots of ground
attention. A working airplane is just that, it works a lot, gets
experimented on and takes an occasional cosmetic ding just because and you
rarely have to clean drool off of your paint job as most will tend to ignore
your plane. So decide what you value more... I built a show plane once and
got very tired of fixing the damage regularly done by lookiloo idiots.
Also in terms of a paint scheme flashy looks pretty sitting on the ground
but it is easily identifiable from the air if you are out having some low
level fun. Conversely white looks like any other airplane but may not be the
most visible color for anticollision benefits, and silver is the worst.
Several auto studies show silver cars having much higher accident rates
particularly at dawn and dusk.
More colors add a ton of time and weight to the job as well.
all stuff to think about...
W
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