ORIGINAL: dce21b
Also any preferance on different covering materials. Im still deciding but I'm thinking of doing yellow and black kinda like a bee theme scheme. All black on top with yellow stripes on wings with all yellow on bottom with black stripes matching the yellow ones on top of wing. Also strips mid tail... I'll post what im thinking of doing when i get a chance.<div></div><div>What in your opinion is the easiest to work with. I have read about covering and seen some videos but still need to look into it more. But my main questions is would it be ok to iron on the stripes right onto the layer below it? </div><div></div><div>For instance I have a black wing... I would cover the bottom first since it would be yellow.... Can I put on say 3 2x12 inch stripes right on top of the black? How well will the Yellow stand out on top of the black... will it still have that pop or would I have to apply a white strip under the yellow to get the same pop... if you know what i mean.</div><div></div><div>And dont tell me to do some plain jane thing.... its not gonna happen if you havent noticed by my build so far. Sorry im not doing all this work to have a covering I'm not happy with.</div><div></div><div>And yes I know I should stay away from black as it can be hard to keep orientation but i dont see this being a problem if one side is black and the other is bright yellow..</div>
I used Monokote on my LT .25.. Iliked it but I found later on down the road that Ilike UltraCote better because it seems tougher and for me, Iliked the extra thickness because I can sometimes be a little heavy handed. Now I prefer to stay away from all of it and go the glassing route but thats a different question. I laid my wing out to look like half of the Union Jack(sort of) and put cub yellow on my entire tail and its VERYeasy to see in any condition I have flown in during all times of the year. take a look! Mine sticks out like a sore thumb while my dad's tends to blend in with the overcast...
Also, regardless of what colors you choose, there are bound to be times, conditions and angles where you absolutely will lose all color and will only see a silouhette.. it took me a little bit to get used to it but that becomes a matter of KNOWINGwhat attitude your plane is in and soon it becomes a total non-issue.. I have personally seen a telemaster or two covered in black and yellow and they looked really nice.. visibility was very good and I saw no problems and the pilot told me he liked the scheme because it did make seeing it a little easier.. Imight kindly recommend considering a strip of something Hi-Vis on the leading edge because it helps on finals. I had trouble seeing my trainer until I put some neon green on the LE(it was what we had lying around) and once I did, that bad boy POPS out of that sky and can really be seen. Have fun with the scheme, took me a long time to do mine but it turned out awesome and I learned alot! You'll be fine..
Edit* I also went from Trainers toward Warbirds so I was paddling the same boat up the same river as you are right now, not too long ago myself..