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Old 06-19-2014, 09:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Simple High Visibility Paint Design Ideas??

I bought an unpainted canopy for my Mini Protos and I was going to try to be all fancy with the paint, but now I need a canopy and just want to slap some paint on there and get in the air.

I'm looking for some suggestions/ideas of something that visible but simple to paint. I'm going for function here, not looks.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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Old 06-25-2014, 05:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I bought an unpainted canopy for my Mini Protos and I was going to try to be all fancy with the paint, but now I need a canopy and just want to slap some paint on there and get in the air.



I'm looking for some suggestions/ideas of something that visible but simple to paint. I'm going for function here, not looks.



Any suggestions would be appreciated.





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Why not do the iconic protos canopy look but in fluorescent colors? And if you're all about visibility, paint the skids and fins in the same color and/or design. You could also paint or vinyl the boom for a total look
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Thanks for the idea! I think I'm going to go that route. It's so simple! I can't believe I didn't think of that... haha.



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Thanks for the idea! I think I'm going to go that route. It's so simple! I can't believe I didn't think of that... haha.







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Yah depending on what u choose I think orange is the best for visibility, orange vinyl looks perfect on boom and fins....skids might need paint to look good (vinyl makes it look a little ghetto) and the cano u paint how u like....


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I've always found orange to be one of the easiest colors to see in all conditions. I have some acrylic fluorescent orange paint that I used on another canopy. I sprayed it out of my air brush and it turned out nice.
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