Return-Path: Received: from smtp01.infoave.net ([165.166.0.26]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:12:27 -0400 Received: from citcom.net.citcom.net ("port 1218"@[206.74.232.140]) by SMTP00.InfoAve.Net (PMDF V5.1-12 #23426) with SMTP id <01JG8ARWUR1M8WXPLS@SMTP00.InfoAve.Net> for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:16:04 EDT Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:26:43 -0400 From: John Cooper Subject: Infra red To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Message-id: <3.0.5.32.19990921062643.0094b100@mail.citcom.net> X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> The ultimate in infra-red protection would be to vapor deposit a layer of gold a few molecules thick on the canopy (I don't know whether the inside or outside would work better). This is the same stuff that they use on the astronauts space suit faceshields, and for the same reason. Gold is opaque to infra-red. Vapor deposition is not that hard to do. I think the problem would be in protecting the coating from damage after it was applied. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html