When we repainted the BD-4 I briefly considered bright yellow all
over but decided a bland mainly white with grey belly scheme would be
more anonymous than "that bright yellow homebuilt".
Maybe a nice anonymous white glider is better too.
Colour, unless bright yellow or orange all over, may not help
visibility as it breaks up the outline.
Al Buttenshaw tells of when there was a orange and white Mirage at
the squadron(ex ARDU) and all the others were camo. The orange and
white one was unpopular as it was thought to be easy to see but one
day he was a little late getting to the flight line and was stuck
with it whereupon he proceeded to do very well as the presumption
proved to be untrue. Apparently that aircraft was sought after, after that.
It would be interesting to know what temperature Schleicher gliders
can withstand now. Years ago after experiencing his first Australian
summer Rudi Gaissmeier said if the designers knew they'd use a higher
tmeperature resin system or temper to higher temperatures.
Once when putting water ballast in my Mini Nimbus, Burkhardt Mueller
then of the Braunschweig Akaflieg asked how often we did that. I
said, basically all the time. "Interesting", was his comment. "The
design assumption is 10% of the time".
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
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