Sorry for the delay in my response. I was dragged away on vacation.

The antenna is designed to be "GLUED" in place. See the info at:
http://www.advancedaircraft.com/index.htm

The paint in question is made by Dupont and has actual medium and small
Aluminum flakes in it.

I am going without the metallic paint just to be sure, but glad I was able
to get some thoughts on the topic.

Thanks all.



"Rich S." wrote in message
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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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No, that wasn't the point. You CAN'T bond (as in glued to) a ground
plane type of transponder antenna to the plastic fuselage. If you were
so ... ummm ... thoughtless as to try and bond a dipole type antenna for
transponder use half your transponder power gets radiated into outer
space. Where, as I understand it, no ATC facilities yet exist.

Actually, ATC probably does have facilities somewhere in "outer" space.
Local space has yet to comply with the EPA regs.

Rich "How far out is outer??" S