We will be flying at least one of our RV8s to Osh on the 30th till the 2nd. It'll be parked in the HBC.
Dream Schemes Designs and AircaftWraps have collaborated together on our newly designed scheme to make sure you cant miss it! We had to do something to give Titans Wrap some competition!
Titan Engines' RV8 that we wrapped will also be in OSH at their space. AW will be hanging out in both areas to discuss wraps.
We look forward to meeting everyone in OSH.
Would be handy if the wrapped planes could post a special flag on the prop! Spot'able from a distance...
I won't be able to attend Osh this year, but be assured I have spies that will check them out for me!
We will be flying at least one of our RV8s to Osh on the 30th till the 2nd. It'll be parked in the HBC.
Dream Schemes Designs and AircaftWraps have collaborated together on our newly designed scheme to make sure you cant miss it! We had to do something to give Titans Wrap some competition!
Titan Engines' RV8 that we wrapped will also be in OSH at their space. AW will be hanging out in both areas to discuss wraps.
We look forward to meeting everyone in OSH.
I flew 1000 miles each way to SNF mostly to see your aircraft. Never found you, couldn't hook up. I'm going with paint.
Probably been discussed before somewhere, but what is the weight difference between a wrap and paint? Cost of a reasonably simple scheme for a wrap on an RV?
Greg
Everybody SAYS that, until they see how far out of the straight line that would be. That said, I would be delighted to have you visit, and as EAA Chapter President, would insure lots of interest from others as well. Flight plan for T65 and let me know, can provide hangar space as well.
Vinyl is around 70% lighter with our process./QUOTE]
Does that mean vinyl weighs 70% of paint, or 30%.
Bevan
Vinyl is around 70% lighter with our process./QUOTE]
Does that mean vinyl weighs 70% of paint, or 30%.
Bevan
Titan's RV8: we added 12lbs total. It is 70% less then paint. 10lbs paint to our 3lbs of vinyl.
I would bet that all of the reported weight savings are for wrapping a bare aluminum airplane. I bet if you epoxy primed the entire exterior prior to wrapping there would not be any weight savings. Wrapping a non-primed airplane is asking for serious corrosion issues.
Scott,
Did you ever come up with a plan for the two Phoenix wrap jobs? Never heard back. I'll be camping all week in HBC with my bare metal RV-8. I'll definitely find you and introduce myself.
I would bet that all of the reported weight savings are for wrapping a bare aluminum airplane. I bet if you epoxy primed the entire exterior prior to wrapping there would not be any weight savings. Wrapping a non-primed airplane is asking for serious corrosion issues.
Do you have any factual information for that statement, or is it just an informed prediction? I am not challenging what you said, just wondering what you used for the basis. If I were to prep and mask the plane for primer, why not go ahead and paint it?
Titan's RV8: we added 12lbs total. It is 70% less then paint. 10lbs paint to our 3lbs of vinyl.
Vinyl wrapping will never seal the edges of skin joints and other structural parts the way paint does, and it may even hold moisture and contaminants in these areas. For this reason alone corrosion will form and it will then spread under the vinyl sheet since the metal under the vinyl is not protected by a corrosion resistant epoxy primer.
I just don't know enough about the particular vinyl product being used to comment on how well it would keep corrosion off of bare aluminum. Maybe one of the guys doing this will give us some data?
I wrote that yesterday.I flew 1000 miles each way to SNF mostly to see your aircraft. Never found you, couldn't hook up. I'm going with paint.