No matter what color you paint a plane, it will end up black when highlighted against the sky (Mr. Murphy said that). In addition, I guarantee that if you try to paint the bottom of a wing a very visible color (like OSHA safety purple, for example) it will absolutely disappear in a beautiful blue sky (and cloudy ugly skies too). The same applies to all the blues and greens, they disappear in a blue sky.
My colors, Black or Red on the bottom, White or Yellow on the top with Red tips. DO NOT, NEVER EVER, paint the fuse and the wing bottom the same color. I did that with the purple plane and when it is above a few hundred feet up orientation becomes a pretty important issue. Ken --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Monkey King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Bill Rakozy wrote: > > > I often see BLACK on wing bottoms and I know that good contrast is > > important. (Didn't the Air Force paint the SR-71 ALL BLACK, which made it > > harder to see?) Has anyone found a really VISIBLE color combination that I > > might consider? > > I'm not sure if it actually applies (though I just used it on a ship I > just finished), but the highest contrast color combination (for human > eyes) is yellow and black. Orange and black is good too. For references, > see bees and coral snakes. I probably have some literature on it around > here somewhere... > > -J > > > > > Bill Rakozy > > Minnesota > > > > > > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
