Italic Tail # Which One !?

[AllanPedrosa]

Hello!
Which of the two Italics, do you think best matches the Mooney?

Allan

[carl]

i like the top one

[jasona900]

The bottom looks good since the "N" matches the angle of the tail.. but I think it really depends on what the rest of the paint job will look like.

[Hector]

Top one definitely. Aft leaning flows better. In fact, sat on a paint scheme forum today here in Oshkosh and the expert briefly discussed precisely this topic. The guy was very knowledgeable and the owner of "Scheme Designers" a company that designs paint schemes for lots of clients. He was not a friend of forward leaning tail numbers.

[Hank]

Have the letters on both sides lean towards the tail. So you will actually use both of these, but the second style will have the propellor to the right.

[co2bruce]

Hector, I met that guy today also. Very nice designs.

[carusoam]

Way to go Allan!

I though there was no end to the 50/50 argument of ROP / LOP....

Slant forward vs. Slant backward, that's genius!  

I am sure my tail number slants, but I don't know if it's forward or backwards...  Or both...

Since you are on the topic, better show what it looks like on the other side of the plane too.  Just to make sure your painter doesn't assume something that you don't have in mind...

Know what I'm saying?

the top one looks like the letters are attached at the bases, the tops are leaning with the wind.  Naturally...

The bottom one, belongs on the other side of the plane.  The bases are attached and the tops are leaning with the wind...

getting ready for Rio?

Best regards,

-a-

[bonal]

47 minutes ago, jasona900 said:

The bottom looks good since the "N" matches the angle of the tail.. but I think it really depends on what the rest of the paint job will look like.

Agreed unless you want your graphics to match all the other brands tails. Also leaning back is submission to the wind leaning into the wind is dominant and shows strength. This is definitely a IMHO subject 

[1524J]

Top one

[Andy95W]

I promised in a different thread to refrain from political posts, so I cannot comment on left or right leaning preference. 

[Raptor05121]

My friend and I like the top, but don't tell my plane that

[Hector]

Hector, I met that guy today also. Very nice designs.

Indeed. He asked me to go by his booth in building C I think to look at a book of Mooney paint schemes. I already had something very specific in mind but he quickly suggested some changes that may look better. I think he said he charges $900 to produce a complete custom paint layout that you are happy with an all the associated paint drawings the paint shop will need.

[XXX]

Top

 

[bradp]

I just got the bird painted and had this discussion exactly.  I went with the bottom one as a nod to the original Mooney factory scheme, which slants forward with the tail.  

[jetdriven]

Craig and I had a long talk about things and this also came up. Rearward slanting numbers convey forward movement.   My plane is a scheme designers product as well.  

[Bob_Belville]

My E model was painted in 1997. Numbers slant forward on both sides. I assume the paint scheme was similar to then current production though I don't see many with 3 trim stripe colors and a solid tail.

[jetdriven]

Check out that rather nice looking Mooney behind bob's plane in the background. Looks like a real nice flowing scheme with blue and white, but what the heck with that tail number? Blocked out the area in white and used the blue for the number, really shatters the flow with that big white square.   This kind of stuff is what scheme designers eliminates.  

[Hank]

On July 26, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Hank said:

Have the letters on both sides lean towards the tail. So you will actually use both of these, but the second style will have the propellor to the right.

Mine is non-standard (painted two owners ago, no idea who put the epoxy paint in), but I have two slants. The numbers themselves slant backwards, and the whole thing slants up to the tail.

[ArtVandelay]

Check out that rather nice looking Mooney behind bob's plane in the background. Looks like a real nice flowing scheme with blue and white, but what the heck with that tail number? Blocked out the area in white and used the blue for the number, really shatters the flow with that big white square.   This kind of stuff is what scheme designers eliminates.  

That looks temporary to me, maybe they did that because there were flying internationally?

[bonal]

As I've indicated I prefer tilt forward over leaning back both look better than straight up, gees guess which I have.

[jetdriven]

3 hours ago, teejayevans said:

That looks temporary to me, maybe they did that because there were flying internationally?

Yes looks like that's what they did 

[dooleypster]

+1 for the top

[bonal]

Well actually I took another look and turns out lm slightly leaned back like option 1 so naturally I'm changing my vote to that choice 

[Bob_Belville]

11 hours ago, jetdriven said:

Check out that rather nice looking Mooney behind bob's plane in the background. Looks like a real nice flowing scheme with blue and white, but what the heck with that tail number? Blocked out the area in white and used the blue for the number, really shatters the flow with that big white square.   This kind of stuff is what scheme designers eliminates.  

That was a brand new plane being picked up @ KERV! The vanity number underneath the tape had not been signed off on yet by FAA...

[Aerodon]

I'm usually a fan of backward leaning registrations, but I have to say I would like to see a vertical version to align with the fin?

 

Don