Focus Canopy Painting

[Tony Stillman]

Wayne:

LOL!

Tony Stillman
Radio South, Inc.
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, Fl 32505
www.radiosouthrc.com
800-962-7802
----- Original Message -----
From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Focus Canopy Painting


> WE have three degrees of hot here in Texas.
>
> 1. HOT
> 2. HOTTER
> 3. And put away the Tabasco Sauce.
> Throw in a little humidity and your ripe for heat stroke.  :-)'
>
> Lance...  I still wouldnt give it up though.. Back in Iowa we had to wait
6 months to be able to get good flying weather.  So I got to Texas as fast
as I could.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> > 90 degrees?  That's not a hot day.  2 years ago we had 65 days over 100.
> > It's routinely 103-105 degrees on the blacktop and the sun is at level
6.
> > Most epoxys have glass transition at 120 degrees and get rubbery soft.
> > I've seen fiberglass cowls with thumb holes in them because they were
soft
> > when the owner grabbed the plane to apply the starter.  It's during July
> > and August that you guys get back at us Southerners for all the bragging
> > we do about weather at this time of year.
> >
> > --Lance
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "GeorgeF." <av8tor at flash.net>
> > Sent by: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > 03/21/2003 08:30 AM
> > Please respond to discussion
> >
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> >         To:     discussion at nsrca.org
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        Re: Focus Canopy Painting
> >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > >Trust me, if you paint it black and set it out in the sun it will get
> > HOT,
> > >some plastics may handle it better than others, but it will get hot,
I'll
> >
> > >bet so hot you can't touch it.  I've done it and got away with it, but
> > >I've also seen them melt/deform so be careful.  The shame of it is that
I
> >
> > >like the looks of a black canopy, both on the ground and in the air,
but
> > >having seen a couple deform I've decided against black.  Ya' paints
yer'
> > >canopy and ya' takes yer' chances.
> >
> >
> >
> > Not sure what the thickness of the plastics used were or if they were
> > being
> > painted on the inside or outside but mine did NOT get hot to the touch.
> >
> > Mine were painted on the inside, possibly the fact the sun rays need to
go
> >
> > through the plastic before hitting the black may deflect the rays
causing
> > them to hit at an angle other than 90 degrees.  This deflection will
> > reduce
> > heat build up.  But I've done about 12 or so planes that way, they've
set
> > in full sunlight on 90 degree days and have yet to have one deform in
> > anyway....
> >
> > George
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