REFLECTOR:dark colors

Wayne Owens reflector@tvbf.org
Fri, 30 May 2003 09:19:01 -0400


I have Omega temperature telltale labels on the winglets and the highest
temp so far is 130 degrees. In case of extended outside storage I made some
large white covers for the winglets.

My Velocity has red trim on the leading edges of the winglets and the nose.
See the cover of an upcoming CONTACT magazine. The magazine is black and
white but at least the color version is supposed to go on the website
according to Patrick Panzera.
Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard@riley.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:dark colors


> 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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