Transparent covering
02-13-2009 | 10:24 AM
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02-13-2009 | 11:23 AM
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RE: Transparent covering
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02-13-2009 | 11:57 AM
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RE: Transparent covering
Has anyone tried Sig's Aerokote? http://www.sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmar...FV4.html?E+Sig
02-14-2009 | 01:15 AM
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RE: Transparent covering
Now that you have found it, let me tell you why you may not want to use it. If you fly a small park flyer, and are comfortable with keeping it within a couple hundred feet from you, the transparent covering is great. Flying a nitro at a couple hundred yards and the thing can turn into a blob of color. Put the sun behind the plane, or even in the same hemisphere, and it turns into a blob of color, no up or no down, no right, no left, just a blob.
I bought a Phoenix Fun Star a few months back after totaling out my 4*60. One of the guys at the field had one and really liked it. So, my first flight was all of about two minutes long. 3/4" of that was trying to figure out which direction in was going and whether it was right side up or not. I finally got it back down and called it a day. The next flight was the same as the first. A couple days later, I decided to give it one more try. I got lost about 40 ft up and right over the runway, I was getting into the sticks in the corner mode, but I finally got control back and got it on the ground, As I'm pulling it out of its last unexpected loops, one of the guys grand kid started clapping. He thought all of this was on purpose. That night, I stripped all of the transparent yellow covering off, the only color on the plane. I've recoevered it with a combo of colors that lets me tell it's orentation at quite a range. I really like the plane now that I can see what it is doing. I'll never own another plane with transparent colors on it. Your mileage may vary though.
Don
I bought a Phoenix Fun Star a few months back after totaling out my 4*60. One of the guys at the field had one and really liked it. So, my first flight was all of about two minutes long. 3/4" of that was trying to figure out which direction in was going and whether it was right side up or not. I finally got it back down and called it a day. The next flight was the same as the first. A couple days later, I decided to give it one more try. I got lost about 40 ft up and right over the runway, I was getting into the sticks in the corner mode, but I finally got control back and got it on the ground, As I'm pulling it out of its last unexpected loops, one of the guys grand kid started clapping. He thought all of this was on purpose. That night, I stripped all of the transparent yellow covering off, the only color on the plane. I've recoevered it with a combo of colors that lets me tell it's orentation at quite a range. I really like the plane now that I can see what it is doing. I'll never own another plane with transparent colors on it. Your mileage may vary though.
Don
02-14-2009 | 10:35 AM
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From: OZark,
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RE: Transparent covering
What campgems said,
But (there is always a BUTT
) True transparent wings can be TOUGH to orient. I have a 60 Ultra stick that gets me confused frequently. BUT I like transparent colors on long wings such as on sailplanes and larger planes. The shape of the wing will allow those
" Blobs of color" to work for you. Also a band or wingtip of transparent can be very helpfull.
But (there is always a BUTT
) True transparent wings can be TOUGH to orient. I have a 60 Ultra stick that gets me confused frequently. BUT I like transparent colors on long wings such as on sailplanes and larger planes. The shape of the wing will allow those" Blobs of color" to work for you. Also a band or wingtip of transparent can be very helpfull.
