REFLECTOR:dark colors

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Mine is bright red on top of the fuselage, stripes on the sides and stripes 
on the verticals.  See http://www.berkutengineering.com/media/reno2.jpg

and it hasn't been a problem.  One thing to be careful of is what shade of 
red you use.  Red is the worst color for absorbing heat (other than black, 
of course) so get a red that's more of a deeply saturated pink, not blood 
red or fire engine red.

The underside you can paint any color you want.


At 07:09 PM 5/25/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Is there any reason why I can't paint the non-structural parts of my Velocity
>a dark color? I'm considering bright red to make the plane more visible.
>Couldn't I paint the wheel pants and the cowling bright red?  How about the
>two access covers on the nose?  How about the underside of the fuselage,
>strakes, and wings?
>
>Doug Holub
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