Best colour to paint the plane?
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Best colour to paint the plane?
Curious as to what would be the best colour to paint a plane. Everyone has white ones which are phenomonally boring, and depending on the conditions, hard to see. Was thinking of maybe Jet Black, possibly with a big silver fern emblazoned down the side and some sharks teeth on the intake...especially good for an 08-600, perhaps not easy to keep clean if its doing super tho i suspect.
What do u reckon would be the easiest colour to spot in the sky?
So many choices
What do u reckon would be the easiest colour to spot in the sky?
So many choices
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Its amazing how many sky blue planes are actually out there!!!!
As for Pindan Red, you wouldnt be suggesting that colour for the parts of australia around say, Derby Breadvans by any chance?
As for Pindan Red, you wouldnt be suggesting that colour for the parts of australia around say, Derby Breadvans by any chance?
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3 choices,
- use a reddish paint with iron oxide powder, makes your plane a nice display if any hot naked flame is put near it :P (thermite reaction) (only if the body is aluminium though)
- hot pink
- yellow, with red racing stripes
but i love your idea of the jet black with jaws :P. might make the plane a bit hot though.
maybe green/brown camo on top, and sky blue on the bottom :P
- use a reddish paint with iron oxide powder, makes your plane a nice display if any hot naked flame is put near it :P (thermite reaction) (only if the body is aluminium though)
- hot pink
- yellow, with red racing stripes
but i love your idea of the jet black with jaws :P. might make the plane a bit hot though.
maybe green/brown camo on top, and sky blue on the bottom :P
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Worst colour for aircraft...
...don't know about the best colour, but there are problems when larger flying schools paint ALL their aircraft of the same type with the same colour scheme...while it might look good on the ground, it makes it pretty difficult (if not impossible) to tell them apart in the air...annonymity in numbers??
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I once saw a cessna 208 parked out at Archerfield all decked out in black with red fire streaks. The shiny black paint made it look great. I wonder how often they wash it to keep it looking so shiny clean?