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Metallic paint's effects on internal antennas
I've got several buried antennas in my composite homebuilt. A com
antenna in the leading edge of the rudder, a VOR antenna in the outer wing, and a com antenna along the side of the fuselage. One thing occured to me was that if I paint my plane with a metallic paint, would the metallic particles in the paint block radio reception? I know the folks at the old Stoddard-Hamilton said after they built the NASA funded, lightning protected Glasair 3, they had to move all the antennas outside. And they also said they couldn't believe how much better all the radios worked than before using buried antennas in their original factory G-III. They also said the external antennas cost them 10 knots in speed. Not insignificant. So even in an airplane that's all composite, apparently buried antenna's aren't ideal. And now I worry if I use metallic paint, things might get worse. I'm just so sick of white airplanes, I'm not going that route. Maybe a light gray instead of metallic silver as planned, hmm.......... |
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