Things that I learned about covering schemes in the last several days. I finished fixin' my LT-40. The primary covering is Ultracote white. Ultracote true red, bright yellow and black were added. Below are the bottom and side pics. They have remained unchanged. The top went through 3 iterations. White w/ red &yellow. Black stripe added. Yellow stripe added.

I flew on a perfectly blue day. The white really popped but it was a challenge to differentiate between the top & bottom - especially for a trainer to be used as a club trainer with newbie's on the buddy box. So I added the 2" black accent. Well, the black accent was pretty much invisible. Up close big difference, at a couple of hundred feet - red and white. Ithen added the 4" yellow accent. Now the wing top is clearly differentiated.

Btw, the white bottom shows as dark gray when looking up at the plane. The yellow isn't much different. A bold set of stripes (feathers) or a checker board pattern with complementary colors makes much more sense.

Lesson I learned - what looks good on the bench doesn't necessarily translate to lookin' good in the air.

Gray Beard - After this little experiment I'm gonna rethink the Killer Kaos covering scheme!