I had never noticed the checker patterns on the Airborne site. I am a big fan of Airborne models to boot. Just the other day I ordered another Skyraider Mach ll. A fantastic $89 airplane for tons of cheap fast fun with an OS46. Thing is, I order my Airborne planes with no covering. The cost is the same but it makes it easier to cover them myself. I do not have to remove the factory covering and the control surfaces are not pre glued to the hinges. The metal hinges Airborne uses makes it impossible to get the control surfaces off without destroying them. Why do I remove the factory covering or order without it ? That Toughlon covering has to be the worst covering I have ever had on an airplane. The stuff is made in two layers. The color is on one layer and the shine is on another. Within a few to several flights the two layers start separating. It is not long before you have clear Scotch tape all over your model trying to hold the covering together. To think I ordered two rolls of the Sig checker covering the other day, dang. I wish I would have asked before ordering.

Thanks for the information on the Ultracote. They do indeed have quite a few different checker patterns. I had searched their site before for "checker" and "checkerboard" with no hits. Looks like they call it "squares". I like Utracote, but dang again. That stuff is $27 a roll. [sm=what_smile.gif]

Looks like another case of no free lunch.

Bob

A little story unrelated to checker covering. The reason I recently ordered a new Skyraider Mach ll is the result of rebuilding my prior Skyraider. I spent all last week, every day after work, stripping and re-covering my last Skyraider to get rid of the beat up Toughlon covering. I also re-did the wing with two servos instead of one for the ailerons to get rid of a high speed flutter. The Skyraider will get real close to 100mph in level flight with an OS46. I wanted the checker covering for that re-build. Stayed up late Friday so the plane would be ready for Saturday morning at the field. I took off on the re-maiden with the ailerons reversed. Who knows how I missed that but I did and destroyed my beloved Skyraider. [sm=cry_smile.gif]