kiwi pete

I have a super sportster 40 that is Red with russian stars on...but its hard to see in flight.
I had seen an article ages ago about some one with an F20 tigershark that made it look like a tiger shark with teeth and stripes and wonder if you guys can help me find a picture of one or some ideas on what to do with my plane to make it more visible
have included a pic ..
thanks Kiwi Pete

daveopam

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Pete, If you put some 1" checkerboard on the bottem it would be a lot easier to see. Ultracoat makes it on the roll just like the rest of the colors. I have trouble with red/yellow also. I use white with red now.

david

Robotech

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Here's a pic of my Super Sportster .60

spokman

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Impresive covering! What type is it? Is it paint?

MinnFlyer

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Here's MY tiger, very easy to do. LMK if you want details

Robotech

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Ultracote black stripes over Monocote orange. Hand cut the stripes and ironed on every one of the buggers. Only took a few evenings.

Shot of the front.

steener

robotech-

that is one impressive color scheme. id be afraid to fly it, seeing it looks so good on the table.

Robotech

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Hey, it's a Super Sportster, what's to be afraid of? Touch and go machine for sure.

Hintydude

Great colour scheme. I know what to do the next time I re-cover mine.

kiwi pete

hey thanks alot guys for all the input!
I decided in the end that with a base covering of red I couldnt really do the tiger theme...
So I put a big white sunburst on the top wing and as the plane is yellow underneath I added black 1.5 inch squares to the wing...didnt get the sheeting just hand cut the squares from solar trim and it looks great.
just need something for the fuse sides and its done - certainly a lot more visible and with a different size prop hopefully a bit slower too...god its faaaaaast!
might put one of those crash test dummy logos on the side...

steener

how about some pics