A sectional paint job!

[kerry]

I saw this Mooney paint scheme.  Definitely different.  Thought I'd share.

[Hank]

That is too cool! My striping scheme, however, extends onto the tail, so this type of covering won't work well for me . . .  

[rbridges]

It's only current for 45 days 

[1964-M20E]

  On 3/16/2016 at 11:52 AM, rbridges said:

It's only current for 45 days 

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You just need to verify if there were any changes and note them.

 

 

[Marauder]

You can tell he definitely spent his entire paint budget on the tail!

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[Danb]

Is there any chance that's a wrap, I always wondered if a wrap would hold up on a plane? If so there are so many cool things you do. Especially advertising.

[Yetti]

  On 3/16/2016 at 12:41 PM, Danb said:

Is there any chance that's a wrap, I always wondered if a wrap would hold up on a plane? If so there are so many cool things you do. Especially advertising.

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Playing around with Mrs. Yetti's vinyl printer I made some old school Mooney birds out of car wrap vinyl.  It seems to be holding up OK.   The problem with bigger pieces is what to do with the rivet heads.  I was going to redo the disco green stripes with vinyl. It was not working out on the wings.

 

I was thinking about doing a large mooney bird across the top cowl much like the old school firebird

Edited March 16, 2016 by Yetti

[Shadrach]

  On 3/16/2016 at 12:41 PM, Danb said:

Is there any chance that's a wrap, I always wondered if a wrap would hold up on a plane? If so there are so many cool things you do. Especially advertising.

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Little chance that it's anything but a wrap!

[flight2000]

This bad boy was painted and not a wrap.  The wrap is a really nice feature and a whole lot cheaper than airbrushing...

Hmmm, wonder what I can do next....

Cheers,

Brian

Edited March 16, 2016 by flight2000

[Danb]

  On 3/16/2016 at 1:12 PM, Yetti said:

Playing around with Mrs. Yetti's vinyl printer I made some old school Mooney birds out of car wrap vinyl.  It seems to be holding up OK.   The problem with bigger pieces is what to do with the rivet heads.  I was going to redo the disco green stripes with vinyl. It was not working out on the wings.

 

I was thinking about doing a large mooney bird across the top cowl much like the old school firebird

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thats cool

[steingar]

Couple of the local RV builders did vinyl wraps instead of paint.  Apparently its a thing with the RV crowd.  The results were pretty nice.

[kpaul]

This is all paint, I have many hours in this plane, sadly it is now flat mil gray.

[MyNameIsNobody]

So I wonder if you strip paint to eliminate weight/prep for a wrap?  I like this idea.  No No on control surfaces I suppose?  Anybody know what the cost comparison is?  

[aviatoreb]

  On 3/17/2016 at 12:17 AM, kpaul said:

This is all paint, I have many hours in this plane, sadly it is now flat mil gray.

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That's quite a paint job - it almost makes that Mooney look like a Pilatus.

[carusoam]

It's got the butler button hook on the tail too...

Best regards,

-a-

[Bravoman]

  On 3/16/2016 at 11:52 AM, rbridges said:

It's only current for 45 days 

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And being the lawyer I am if it were my plane I would have a little disclaimer on both sides that it is not to be used for navigational purposes!

[Hank]

All of my sectionals are valid for 180 days.

Even my Low Enroutes and Approach Plates are good for 56 days . . .

With some color on the fuselage, it would look even better! 

[StinkBug]

  On 3/16/2016 at 12:41 PM, Danb said:

Is there any chance that's a wrap, I always wondered if a wrap would hold up on a plane? If so there are so many cool things you do. Especially advertising.

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Wraps are done on planes all the time, even on jets and airliners. It's quite popular with the experimental guys. I'm planning to re-do the stripes and numbers on my plane with vinyl pretty soon. 

 

The guys doing full wraps on RVs claim that the wrap costs about 1/2-1/3 as a similar paint job and weighs about half as much as well. 

[BDPetersen]

Getting ready to do the feathers on a Christen Eagle. Wish I could find such a shortcut. 

[Yetti]

  On 3/19/2016 at 4:17 AM, StinkBug said:

The guys doing full wraps on RVs claim that the wrap costs about 1/2-1/3 as a similar paint job and weighs about half as much as well. 

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So just leave the bump in the vinyl caused by the rivets or cut out around it?

[Hank]

Leave the bumps. Where I used to live, the city buses were wrapped to advertise different events. You'd never get the cut outs lined up with the rivets, to say nothing of how bad several thousand white rivet heads would look shining through your color pattern.

[StinkBug]

  On 3/20/2016 at 2:44 AM, Yetti said:

So just leave the bump in the vinyl caused by the rivets or cut out around it?

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Warm the vinyl a little and use a squeegee to form it around the rivet. It's time consuming, but looks just like paint if done well.

[Hector]

My hangar neighbor (directly across from my hangar) did a vinyl wrap on his RV6. From 30 feet away it looks pretty good and you can't tell it's not paint. Once you get real close you can tell the difference and I'm not so sure it's all that great. Frankly, I would prefer real paint, but the cost was around $6K to do the whole RV so it might be worth considering.

[Alan Fox]

  On 3/17/2016 at 3:34 AM, carusoam said:

It's got the butler button hook on the tail too...

Best regards,

-a-

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That houses the yaw dampener...