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Can one of you old Wright Stuff hands explain the rationale for the 10% bonus for black marker on a wing segment rule? Is it brown M&Ms, or is there something else in it?

(For clarity, this isn't any kind of a complaint - I'm just curious.)

(Presumably "the wing" means one of the wings in a biplane.)

It's essentially just a bonus so your plane is easier to see. If it wasn't a bonus, it'd be a construction violation, so it's just a little bonus for taking a minute to blacken one panel of your wing.

I just used a sharpie, it takes only a few minutes, and that 10% bonus is hella helpful.

it also like doesnt add any weight, if it does its very very little so just take the minute out your life to color it in

Yep, purely to help with visibility. At really tall sites these things can be hard to track for older eyes.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

Oh yeah, since you guys are talking about this, I might as well ask: How do y'all color your panels? For some reason, it's pretty easy for me to tear the mylar a little as I'm coloring, should I just go slower? Do y'all put something behind the wing as a hard surface as you color?

Xiangyu

xiangyu wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:23 am Oh yeah, since you guys are talking about this, I might as well ask: How do y'all color your panels? For some reason, it's pretty easy for me to tear the mylar a little as I'm coloring, should I just go slower? Do y'all put something behind the wing as a hard surface as you color?

Xiangyu

I do it with a sharpie. Do NOT press too hard. It'll take a while to do it correctly but do it slowly. I used to do it with spraypaint, with sectioning off the rib bay and spraying from 2 or 3 feet, but that, unfortunately, doesn't seem to work anymore with the rules. Light pressure, go slow.

CrayolaCrayon wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:32 am I do it with a sharpie. Do NOT press too hard. It'll take a while to do it correctly but do it slowly. I used to do it with spraypaint, with sectioning off the rib bay and spraying from 2 or 3 feet, but that, unfortunately, doesn't seem to work anymore with the rules. Light pressure, go slow.

I dare you to try this with OS film

Dreamz wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:46 am

CrayolaCrayon wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:32 am I do it with a sharpie. Do NOT press too hard. It'll take a while to do it correctly but do it slowly. I used to do it with spraypaint, with sectioning off the rib bay and spraying from 2 or 3 feet, but that, unfortunately, doesn't seem to work anymore with the rules. Light pressure, go slow.

I dare you to try this with OS film

Puts finger on microfilm

CrayolaCrayon wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 10:36 am

Dreamz wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:46 am

CrayolaCrayon wrote: ↑September 19th, 2019, 9:32 am I do it with a sharpie. Do NOT press too hard. It'll take a while to do it correctly but do it slowly. I used to do it with spraypaint, with sectioning off the rib bay and spraying from 2 or 3 feet, but that, unfortunately, doesn't seem to work anymore with the rules. Light pressure, go slow.

I dare you to try this with OS film

Puts finger on microfilm

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