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Old 06-22-2010 | 07:49 PM
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Default RE: Covering visibility help

Truth be known Idon't believe that there is noticeable differences in the 3 top wing covering approaches.

The reason behind this (IMHO)is that the white spaces between the LEred and black stripe and the black stripe and the yellow stripe neutralize the contrast. Today (nice blue sky with high thin clouds) when flying up-and-away (typical training mode) I really couldn't see anything other than the red LE, yellow tip patches and the white. Hey, it looks great on the ground and gets plenty of compliments but is it effective in flight? Not really. I'm not ready to fill in the white "voids" on either side of the black stripe but if I do I will post the results.

On landing, when the wings dip below the tree line the yellow wing tip patches stand out like landing lights. Pleasant surprise.


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