Butch Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi Guys, What a gorgeous plane... a flying Coke bottle! Hehehe... Just have to do a custom interior and its done. Should be out at Ozx soon... Cheers Butch [img width=1120 height=700]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/4922010_10_25_22_23_5_462.jpg [img width=1120 height=700]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/6402010_10_25_22_1_57_718.jpg [img width=1120 height=700]http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/6162010_10_25_22_6_51_371.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charalambous Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Very nice butch Technicaly the lancair construction manual forbids large areas of color on the top surface of the wing... Doesn't matter in the simulator though since the sun is just a polygonal light source and can't destroy composites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeTops Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Yeah Butch. Thats right. ha. you really should know better. Don't suppose a VH-TGC paint similar to your Bonza scheme would be in order? Great effort by the way Jared. Currently flying the tut from Tamworth to BrisVegas. Cheers from FL21 Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Specy paint Butch ! Interesting that large paint areas on top of the wing are forbidden . Not the fuselage ? Same material is it not ? Obviously harmful to the composites but why so ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeTops Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Yeah Butch loves his wine Alan. I think its a Margaret River Cab Sauv '98 judging by the colour. He must have had some paint left over from the J41 paintjob he did. I'm betting he posts the blue version tomorrow. hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charalambous Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Specy paint Butch ! Interesting that large paint areas on top of the wing are forbidden . Not the fuselage ? Same material is it not ? Obviously harmful to the composites but why so ? Sorry i meant fuzelage too Anything darker than a medium grey absorbes heat and can be harmfull to the structural integrity of the carbon fibre composite. (Think of sticking dry glue in a fire it comes out black and weak where it was hard and strong before.) The lancair is one of the best on the market for this since it can handle a lot more heat than fiberglass aircraft. The early dragonfly for example had a comment in the POH that states you shouldn't leave a credit card sitting on the wing for the same reason, not that i would go around leaving credit cards on wings, it might get nicked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Specy paint Butch ! Interesting that large paint areas on top of the wing are forbidden . Not the fuselage ? Same material is it not ? Obviously harmful to the composites but why so ? Not that it matters in a sim, but painting the wings or (often) the top of the fuse in composite material constructed aircraft any colour other than white is forbidden to minimise the amount of heat absorbed by the material in direct sunlight. FRP/FRN/FR-whatever composites are degraded by exposure to heat, and it doesn't take much sunlight to heat a wing up nice and hot unless that sunlight is being (mostly) reflected. Have a read of the assembly manual for a kit-plane like a Jaba or any of the kit sailplanes, they pretty much all specify this requirement. EDIT: Gah! Jared beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charalambous Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 oh btw the rear upper section of the fuzelage is actualy a kevlar honeychomb glass rather than carbon fiber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackhimer Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Wow, that looks great. I really like it. How long until it's up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hi Gent, Thanks very much for your replies, I never knew that there was a requirement NOT to paint dark colours. Well Australians have never really been known to be limited by rules and apparently neither does this bloke. No worries Trevenator... I can do this one for you or I can to a 'his and his' version for us, plus I'll throw one in for Tony too. Hehehe... Cheers Butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Charalambous Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 apparently neither does this bloke. no kidding, i wouldn't get in it if he paid me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 metalic reflective paint ...brilliant ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 You just got to love that shade of purple. I would expect nothing less than shag pile carpet, velour seats and a pair of dice hanging from the compass. Hehehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 You just got to love that shade of purple. I would expect nothing less than shag pile carpet, velour seats and a pair of dice hanging from the compass. Hehehe... you forgot the pole dancing sheila in the back seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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