Speed 400
Cloudster Project
Visual cues not withstanding, I could not go
forward with the previous strawman multi-color scheme that looked like
something out of a kid's color book! I am going to use my trade mark color
scheme of transparent Red wing and horizontal tail and white silk and dope
fuselage and vertical tail.
Now speaking of transparent Red, I cut up the
roll of Microlite Transparent Red into ten panels for the wing and six
panels for the stab and elevator. I have covered for years with Monokote and
then UltraCote Lite, so I have plenty of experience with covering with these
films. I tried to cover the stab with Microlite Transparent Red and ran into
all kinds of problems. The heat on the iron has to be extremely low or the
material burn. Static electricity and the tendency for the stuff to stick to
itself on this covering was pronounced and prevented me from ever getting a
good stretch on the covering. After several hours, I finally just gave up
and removed all of the Microlite covering from the stab.
I went to the hobby shop and bought a roll of
UltraCote Lite Transparent Red. Again I cut up the roll into ten panels for
the wing and six panels for the stab and elevator. By this time late in the
day, I only had time to cover the stab shown below, which turned out just
marvelous. Someday I will learn to stick with what works best for me. I have
ended up wasted almost $60 on the four rolls of Microlite covering because I
will never attempt to use it again..............Tandy