"Perhaps you also are using much higher power like I used to with about 5 watts in the antenna."

No: Just like it came right out of the box.

"Beside having the covering in sectons likely insulated from each other by the glue on overlaps, "

I doubt that. Think capacitors. Large capacity capacitors.

Les

The point I was considering is that there is little chance that some of the covering would resonate on the 6 meter band and that any shielding would be quite low if any.

I am not saying that resonance is needed for having an effective shield. I hope people understand how and why conductive material acts as shields and how and why conductive materials affect the directivity characteristics of antennas.

Thanks for your outlook.

Regards de Zor

"Perhaps you also are using much higher power like I used to with about 5 watts in the antenna. "

That is a NO. Just like it was, right out of the box.

Les

Zor, in response to your question, Yes the 2.4 RX was inside the
plane and never any problem with 2.4,
Bob

Thanks Bob.

That info may be useful to many modelers.

Zor

Much to my pleasant surprise, I just got a response from Futaba. The response was non technical without the benefit of any testing or data collection. It stated that they asked around and that the consensus was that the metallic paint was not a threat to the reception. Well, that's about it and coincides with what the guys on this thread proved by practice. Thanks a lot to you all. I'll keep the results in mind for my next plane. Dan.