Hi Visibility color schemes

[Brian Young]

I once saw a guy flying a four star...covered in
dayglow orange. Yes you could see it very well. I dont
think it ever went into shadow, even on the bottom of
the wing.



--- Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> FWIW:
> Years ago the military did a study on the best
> colors for high 
> visibility under varying conditions.  They found
> that the best was 
> International Orange.  DayGlo worked well, but
> weathered too quickly.
> HTH
> Bill Glaze
> 
> Bob Kane wrote:
> 
> > Look at the picture gallery on the NSRCA website
> for a good sample of 
> > schemes. You will see a common theme of
> contrasting colors. Basicly 
> > you need to have at least two strongly contrasting
> colors on the fuse 
> > and wings so you can see them clearly at a
> distance. I don't think the 
> > shape of the pattern is all that important, as
> long as there is enough 
> > of each color to be visible. You can be creative.
> My El Nino scheme 
> > has worked well for me, but I did recently add
> blue to the underside 
> > of the wingtips so I could see their position. The
> original white 
> > would blend into the sky in hazy/ low light
> conditions. Make sure one 
> > of the colors is light (white, yellow, silver,
> light gold) and one is 
> > dark (black, blue, red).   Black and red contrast
> well up close under 
> > good light, but at a distance they will just look
> dark. Likewise 
> > yellow and white contrast well up close, but at a
> distance or under 
> > low light will look like one color.
> >  
> > The NSRCA Picture gallery can be found at
> www.nsrca.org/galleryA.htm
> >
> > "White, Chris" <chris at ssd.fsi.com> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >     I'm finishing a Temptation and have some
> scheme layouts made up,
> >     but am re-thinking the issue.  Is there anyone
> out there who has
> >     any knowledge in their data banks which would
> indicate what colors
> >     and or scheme breakout patterns which are more
> readily visible to
> >     the human eye against any given background
> color? (blue or gray sky)
> >
> >     I think one of the biggest problems I have as
> a 30 year sport
> >     pilot converting to pattern is the ability to
> fly the airplane far
> >     enough out to remain in the box, yet still be
> able to see the
> >     airplane well enough to determine wings level
> or bank angle. (Goes
> >     against everything in me to fly 150 yards
> out!!!)
> >
> >     Any help you can provide is appreciated....
> >     thanks,
> >     Chris White
> >     (Tulsa)
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Kane
> > getterflash at yahoo.com
> >
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