divegoddess 0 #26 December 13, 2005 Quotewe got two good paintjobs on our cessna's, one we call sharky adn the other we call bubbles. http://www.skydivecoastalcarolinas.com/gallery/shark.jpg http://www.skydivecoastalcarolinas.com/gallery/plane.jpg F*ck Yea! Bubbles was the first plane that I ever jumped from.(not that my jump numbers are huge) That little Cessna RULES. And might I add that the view from your dropzone is GORGEOUS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #27 December 13, 2005 QuoteFrankenotter is just as wrong as two boys kissing!Not that there is anything wrong with either of that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AlvaroCarvalho 0 #28 December 14, 2005 Some I´ve found... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/267569/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/267570/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/412009/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/125881/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/552326/L/ Blue skies! Alvaro Hey...ho...let's go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Eule 0 #29 December 15, 2005 QuoteIs there something on the net to help design our own airplane paint job? Some thoughts... I know a guy that has a (non-jump) 182 that's painted in a rather distinctive color scheme. The paint is a little old but it doesn't look too bad. One day he said he wanted to paint it to look like everybody else's 182 - mostly white with a contrasting stripe down the side, maybe blue. I said the paint job on it didn't look bad and asked why he wanted to look like everyone else. His reply was that because of the paint job, people tended to remember the aircraft, and that wasn't always a desirable thing. :) I heard a story this weekend at the DZ about their white Caravan. It seems there was a competition at the DZ that was being judged from the ground with the use of high-powered scopes and binoculars. On the first day, the Caravan had the usual stain along the bottom of the fuselage from the jet exhaust. That night, the pilot decided that the plane needed to look good for the competition, and put a lot of elbow grease into taking the exhaust stain off of the bottom. Unknown to him, the judges had been using the stain to help pick out the plane against some high clouds. The clouds persisted into the second day and with the stain gone, the judges had a really hard time picking out the plane. If you have a big airplane (Otter), you could paint it white and then paint the outline of a smaller airplane (182) on the side. The FAA, CAA, etc, might object to this as being confusing, though. Googling around, there doesn't seem to be a free "design your paint job" for aircraft like there are for canopies. I found a couple of pay sites at http://www.aircraftpaintschemes.com and http://www.aircraftcolor.com/. This second one does have free downloads of line drawings of different aircraft - here are some direct links: http://www.aircraftcolor.com/linedrawings.asp?Page=7 Cessnas http://www.aircraftcolor.com/linedrawings.asp?Page=31 Otter From your profile it looks like you might be interested in a PAC 750XL. Their US importer has a somewhat crummy line drawing on http://www.utilityaircraft.com/specifications.html. There is a much better one inside a PDF at PAC on pages 6 and 8: http://www.aerospace.co.nz/downloads/Pac_750xl_Brouchure.pdf If you're using Acrobat Reader, you might can use the "snapshot tool" (normally just to the right of the "select text" button on the tool bar) to copy just the picture to the clipboard, and then paste it into Paint. However, I am having trouble with this. Another way is to take a screen shot (Alt-PrintScreen) of the PDF page and paste that into Paint; this is working better for me. Or, just use the blank that I have attached. :) With a line drawing, you can print it out and draw on it, or use the "bucket fill" feature of most paint programs to do large areas of one color. I have attached some PAC 750XL examples. A couple of them were done in Microsoft Paint (that comes with Windows) and a couple of them were done in Gimp for Windows http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ . Standard disclaimers apply; I don't get money from any of the sites or companies I mentioned. EulePLF does not stand for Please Land on Face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Eule 0 #30 December 15, 2005 QuoteOr, just use the blank that I have attached. I took apart the PDF brochure with tools I have at home and found a _much_ better blank inside, which is attached. I did another sample using this blank, but I had to reduce it so it wouldn't be too large. EulePLF does not stand for Please Land on Face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sundevil777 102 #31 December 17, 2005 This photo of a CSS CASA is from the Illinois Skydiving Center website, I hope it comes to SGC this year : http://illinoisskydivingcenter.com/People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dsbbreck 0 #32 December 19, 2005 Ok, although not a technically a jump ship, I'd jump out of it. Here is a link to the coolest paint job I've ever seen. http://cellar.org/printthread.php?t=7154David "Socrates wasn't killed because he had the answer.......he was killed because he asked the question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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mdrejhon 8 #27 December 13, 2005 QuoteFrankenotter is just as wrong as two boys kissing!Not that there is anything wrong with either of that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlvaroCarvalho 0 #28 December 14, 2005 Some I´ve found... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/267569/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/267570/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/412009/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/125881/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/552326/L/ Blue skies! Alvaro Hey...ho...let's go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eule 0 #29 December 15, 2005 QuoteIs there something on the net to help design our own airplane paint job? Some thoughts... I know a guy that has a (non-jump) 182 that's painted in a rather distinctive color scheme. The paint is a little old but it doesn't look too bad. One day he said he wanted to paint it to look like everybody else's 182 - mostly white with a contrasting stripe down the side, maybe blue. I said the paint job on it didn't look bad and asked why he wanted to look like everyone else. His reply was that because of the paint job, people tended to remember the aircraft, and that wasn't always a desirable thing. :) I heard a story this weekend at the DZ about their white Caravan. It seems there was a competition at the DZ that was being judged from the ground with the use of high-powered scopes and binoculars. On the first day, the Caravan had the usual stain along the bottom of the fuselage from the jet exhaust. That night, the pilot decided that the plane needed to look good for the competition, and put a lot of elbow grease into taking the exhaust stain off of the bottom. Unknown to him, the judges had been using the stain to help pick out the plane against some high clouds. The clouds persisted into the second day and with the stain gone, the judges had a really hard time picking out the plane. If you have a big airplane (Otter), you could paint it white and then paint the outline of a smaller airplane (182) on the side. The FAA, CAA, etc, might object to this as being confusing, though. Googling around, there doesn't seem to be a free "design your paint job" for aircraft like there are for canopies. I found a couple of pay sites at http://www.aircraftpaintschemes.com and http://www.aircraftcolor.com/. This second one does have free downloads of line drawings of different aircraft - here are some direct links: http://www.aircraftcolor.com/linedrawings.asp?Page=7 Cessnas http://www.aircraftcolor.com/linedrawings.asp?Page=31 Otter From your profile it looks like you might be interested in a PAC 750XL. Their US importer has a somewhat crummy line drawing on http://www.utilityaircraft.com/specifications.html. There is a much better one inside a PDF at PAC on pages 6 and 8: http://www.aerospace.co.nz/downloads/Pac_750xl_Brouchure.pdf If you're using Acrobat Reader, you might can use the "snapshot tool" (normally just to the right of the "select text" button on the tool bar) to copy just the picture to the clipboard, and then paste it into Paint. However, I am having trouble with this. Another way is to take a screen shot (Alt-PrintScreen) of the PDF page and paste that into Paint; this is working better for me. Or, just use the blank that I have attached. :) With a line drawing, you can print it out and draw on it, or use the "bucket fill" feature of most paint programs to do large areas of one color. I have attached some PAC 750XL examples. A couple of them were done in Microsoft Paint (that comes with Windows) and a couple of them were done in Gimp for Windows http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ . Standard disclaimers apply; I don't get money from any of the sites or companies I mentioned. EulePLF does not stand for Please Land on Face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eule 0 #30 December 15, 2005 QuoteOr, just use the blank that I have attached. I took apart the PDF brochure with tools I have at home and found a _much_ better blank inside, which is attached. I did another sample using this blank, but I had to reduce it so it wouldn't be too large. EulePLF does not stand for Please Land on Face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #31 December 17, 2005 This photo of a CSS CASA is from the Illinois Skydiving Center website, I hope it comes to SGC this year : http://illinoisskydivingcenter.com/People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsbbreck 0 #32 December 19, 2005 Ok, although not a technically a jump ship, I'd jump out of it. Here is a link to the coolest paint job I've ever seen. http://cellar.org/printthread.php?t=7154David "Socrates wasn't killed because he had the answer.......he was killed because he asked the question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
