X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:57:54 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.11) with ESMTP id 3405345 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:56:02 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.44.29; envelope-from=bobatbmackey@gmail.com Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 3so2260061yxj.7 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:55:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=MOXkyRfrCI86GpWRYUkl7KwTAVD5mHTVTPX9LTcC7/2/wvSGhQ/kZ+0/mAE3utTQhA TWPWgXbqYSLpQGl02Fb8dYrOSEAhUq1hTB2DPdm2O/v93rrNXVw5K/Eh9HCENxy3bmsb 1+lAjCE2HVDr2+TFpxCx/C37bTY1P+J9ND0fs= Received: by 10.100.143.14 with SMTP id q14mr8772799and.47.1230702926377; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:55:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.110.9 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:55:26 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:55:26 -0800 From: "bob mackey" X-Original-Sender: bobatbmackey@gmail.com X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: re: Metallic Paint MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5b307f70276cb004 Bryan asks: > If one was to paint a Lancair silver metallic paint would that affect the internal comm antennas > or any of the effectiveness of the antennas in the aircraft? Yes. Metallic paint will affect your antenna performance. There are some metallic-looking paints that actually contain no metal. These are actually a light gray pigment paint heavily loaded with pearlescent layered-dielectric particles. I don't know if there is an aircraft compatible paint of this type, but it is used in certain laptop computers over the touchpad. -bob mackey