Whats a good colour model for winter flying ?

[Merlin spit]

all of mine are blue ,green,or ww11 camo,and even with those yellow tint glasses ive got a job to see whats going on up there.so what do you guys find a good colour for dark days ?

 

ive been thinking about getting a cub ,i like the grasshopper scheme ,but maybe the classic yellow would be better for this time of year ?

 

 

[birdy]

Red, orange and pink. Red makes the plane faster though, so you have to be careful.

[Simon B]

Red makes the plane faster though, so you have to be careful.

 

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[flytilbroke]

I had a Wot4, Dayglow grassgreen underside middle red top. It did not show well against any land backgound. Bright Yellow, Light to mid Orange, Pink. I found effective against the hill background. Pink can blend with the sky in some light conditions though and thick skin helps

 

 

[ken anderson.]

hello austen-red fuz-yellow wing's is the order of the day...stands out -no problemo....

 

          ken anderson..........

[Vecchio Austriaco]

Was flying the seagull edge 540 EP these days - with and without skis. It is absolutely the wrong color scheme fore these days. (white - mint - blue). Difficult to see it against grey sky and grey-green mountains. I suppose the right one should be red-yellow. Something you will not find in nature around you.

 

VA 

 

 

[Merlin spit]

thanks guys yellow and red seems a good idea.

Vecchio ive got the same edge 540 ep they do it in a red and blue but that was sold out ,now i know why.also id been flying a gws corsair cheap and cheerful but small and hard to see

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[GrumpyGnome]

Nice one eric !

 

Most of my planes are red and yellow ........ seem to show up OK

 

GG

[buster prop]

It's a good idea to have light coloured fuselage sides and fin so that you can see the plane sideways on against trees or high ground. I always use different bold patterns above & below the wings for orientation. Another idea is a bright coloured tailplane (stabiliser?), if the plane noses into undergrowth or crops the tail sticks up and you can spot it if it's bright coloured. Hope this helps.

[Phil Brooks]

I covered my trainer (Hobbico Sturdy Birdy) wings and tail in bright yellow solarfilm.  OK until I had a dead-stick and landed out in a field of oil-seed rape!

[Lima Hotel Foxtrot]

It's not a question of what stands out against a dull background, it's a question of what colour the human eye can pick up and the brain proceess rapidly as it moves against any background.

 

In other words, what colours have we evolved to detect and assess with rapidity? Yellow, orange and black. Think about it: Pretty much everything that will sting, bite, poison or maul you is some of the previous three colours. Wasps, lions, nasty spiders, some plants, bees etc, etc, etc.

 

Also, certain colours help us to process speed movement and size. That's why on motorways the lighting is orange because it allows you to judge very well the fact that there is a car in front of you, how far away it is, how fast it is moving, direction it is moving and how rapid its size (how close it is getting) is changing. What this does not do is tell you exactly what colour it is, but what the hey if it means you don't crash into it?

[Phil Claridge]

i have a harrier carrying 12 coulours of solar film you cant not see that one but which way up it is .is a diferent matter 

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

I always find that a large white panel on the top surface of the wings stands out well in most lights. Especially with a plain dark coloured underside, it helps orientate the model quickly - check my avatar for an example...

[Simon Chaddock]

You can usually see this - unless you are looking into the sun!

[i12fly]

Martin Harris is spot on in my opinion. The easiest to see and orientate to is very dark underside and very light topside.

I've used dark blue and white also black and white (with a bit of dark trim on topside on both).

I like the idea from LHF though, so I think I'm going to try yellow on top next time. (I don't agree about motorway orange lights though....!)

[Tim Mackey]

Not to everyones taste, but I always use a high contrasting checkerboard pattern on the underside of my models - the fast ones at least !

 

[Erfolg]

We have no lins here, so I might not detect a yellow plane

 

Nice plane though Simon, thinking, you should change the yellow to black, as there are a lot of black slugs here.