It's a foam thing. White stops the wings and tail from getting to hot, and having the foam deterioate. You want to reflect, rather than absorb uv to keep temps down. On Dec 14, 2013 11:58 AM, "Doran Jaffas" <kr2owner at gmail.com> wrote:
> This may sound like a rather dumb question but all of the aircraft > I've seen (KRs) anyway sre painted white with trim colors. Is there any > real reason why white is always the base color? I know darker colors absorb > UV rays but does anybody have any experience with this good or bad? My > experience in painting is tube and rag or sheet metal. > Doran > N186RC > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
