"Cloudster" Construction Project Session #73
Speed 400 Cloudster Project
Well, I have completed our taxes and cold is much
better so it is time to think about a color scheme for the Cloudster. I have
ordered and received four rolls of MicroLite covering in four transparent
colors: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue. James Lollar and Jack Hiner has
indicated that these Speed 400 models get pretty small at the end of the
allocated 3-minute motor run. This means that a pilot will need all of the
visual cues that can be derived from a multi-color scheme. I have put together
a strawman color scheme shown below based on white silking the fuselage and
using transparent Red, Green, and Yellow as shown below. Somehow I did not
think transparent Blue would be good visual color. Now that I look at the strawman
below, it may look a little too busy. The Cloudster does resemble a full size
aircraft, but the color scheme looks more like a kid's color book! I would
appreciate any comments or suggestions you might want to provide
me.....................Tandy
Click Here to go to the
next page (74)....