The concern I'd have is being visible to other planes in the air, especiallyin the pattern. Right now the Air Force is using a flat grey color on theirfighters because they want to avoid being seen easily. Unfortunately, themost visible colors are the most garish. For example the "dayglo" lime greenused on fire trucks.Cub yellow is not bad for visibility but my personal favorite color schemeis the late 1930's Army Air Corps yellow and blue with the large starroundel and the stripes on the rudder...AndyOn Monday, November 16, 1998 11:34 AM, steve(at)byu.edu [SMTP:steve(at)byu.edu]wrote:> I used to have this concern with model airplanes, since I was alwayslooking> up at them. I wouldn't worry about it on a full size aircraft unless you> are trying to evade anti-aircraft fire.
> > Steve E.> > -----Original Message-----> Richard DeCosta> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 12:07 PM> To: Pietenpol Discussion> Subject: bad paint scheme idea?> > > I was showing a friend of mine some of the possible paint schemes I> was thinking of using, and he brought up something about my favorite> one so far that I hadnt thought of. This is the one I am leaning to now:> > http://207.140.1.221/w3builder/piet/images/side2.jpg> > My friend's concern was: Is the main color of the plane too close to> sky blue? Would I be nearly invisible from below? Had'nt thought much> about paint schemes/visibility until now.> > Richard> > > > ==> http://www.wrld.com/w3builder> "All knowledge is of itself of some value. There> is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would> not rather know it than not." --Samuel, Dr. Johnson> > > > ________________________________________________________________________________