Apologies for my premature reply.... next time I'll read the thread
before hitting the send button.
-Pete
A239
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Zutrauen
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Instrument panel colours
<peterz@zutrasoft.com>
Hmmm... I wonder if someone makes a matt-black foam-backed light-weight
fabric?
That would be my pick for gluing onto the top surface.
Cheers & thanks,
Pete
A239
-----Original Message-----
From: Ami McFadyean [mailto:ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Europa-List: Instrument panel colours
<ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
I painted the top of my instrument panel in a light colour, for VFR day
flight only; generally it provides a feeling of spaceousness in the
cockpit.
Big Mistake.
In sunlight there is noticeable reflection onto the inside of hte
windscreen
that gives an effect of flying into haze; visibility permanently
degraded
whilst the sun shines.
I'm fearful that repainting the top of the panel with matt black could
overheat hte panel and/or cause heat distortion of the fibreglass.
Has anyone with a "dark" colour panel (meaning grey or dark blue etc)
experienced any difficulties as above? Are there colours complimentary
to
the brown-tinted windscreen that would reflect less?
Duncan Mcf.
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