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Old 02-25-2014, 10:46 AM
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i am right down the street from AW. the latest 6 i saw being completed was a white base. they said the underside was done with one piece so i got down on my back and took a good look. wow, if i didnt know what i was lookn at i would of thought it was a great paint job. i am impressed. no runs, overspray, or orange peel.

if there is one guy i know who needs to get er wrapped it is the VMAN. i love his scheme but believe he will never stop flying to do it, unless he wraps it in a week.

a wrap is not for every one but considering the benefits of cost, time to wrap, performance, and weight this is a great option for many.

also, i love flying with rhino because it is like flying with your personal airshow. smoke and all. cant wait for the inverted system to be installed.
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Old 02-25-2014, 10:46 AM
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The biggest concern is all the button head rivets. It's hard to get the vinyl get in tight to it. When bubbles form they will start there. Cessna had these problems when they used vinyl for stripes on new 172's. I made a lot of money in the past pulling off vinyl and painting the stripes back on.
Bubbles - our Vinyl has air channels (not visible to the naked eye), this makes a huge difference.

Glad you made some money out of Cessna!

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I saw first hand yesterday two beautiful vinyl wrapped airplanes. I believe they are a new advertiser here on vans in the advertiser section. I was impressed! No bubbles in the vinyl and the finish on the edges were perfect. If you get extra vinyl you can cut strips and even hide the hinge pin on the cowls between cowl removals. I was about to paint the rocket but now I think I'm gonna do a complete wrap with nose and tail art. You cannot tell up close if it's painted or wrapped especially around the rivots. The rivots showed perfectly with no bubbles. The main reason I wanna do this is not just the cost savings but the ability to sell the plane and the next guy can keep the wrap or peel it and redo with different color wrap or paint it his or her way

I'm not affiliated with this company and I don't know these guys.
Bill, I know Scott said thanks already but the same from me - its nice to have our work publicly recognised, makes all the hours shouting at Scott worth it!

The wrap and peel for the next guy is a very big bonus.

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Old 02-25-2014, 10:58 AM
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What kind of prep happens to the skin? Mine has the normal scratches of of the build process that I assumed would be sanded out at paint time. I'm not that far from the ocean in Virginia and want to make sure I have the right corrosion protection.

The inside is being primed as I go.
If we told you we'd have to....

Those normal scratches won't be visible xCountry22 - the vinyl is 3.5mm thick.

Scott will confirm with his own wrap that he did not sand (I'm letting him post )

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Old 02-25-2014, 11:00 AM
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this is vinyl. I put it on myself. looks great! 1 yr old no problems. I cut the checker boards squares and tail # on my machine, had the side vinyl cut lsewhere. i have experience in appling vinyl stuff over 30 yrs. total cost $500. total paint job..........$1000's
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Old 02-25-2014, 11:07 AM
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i am right down the street from AW. the latest 6 i saw being completed was a white base. they said the underside was done with one piece so i got down on my back and took a good look. wow, if i didnt know what i was lookn at i would of thought it was a great paint job. i am impressed. no runs, overspray, or orange peel.

if there is one guy i know who needs to get er wrapped it is the VMAN. i love his scheme but believe he will never stop flying to do it, unless he wraps it in a week.

a wrap is not for every one but considering the benefits of cost, time to wrap, performance, and weight this is a great option for many.

also, i love flying with rhino because it is like flying with your personal airshow. smoke and all. cant wait for the inverted system to be installed.
Turbo

I will never live this down.... (I'm pretty sure a follow up post is coming from Scott about his flying...)

Thank you very much for your kind words about our work.

I've heard from Scott about VMAN - and the challenge is on if he can spare the week? Failing that we will work out a way to wrap it in midair!!

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Old 02-25-2014, 11:18 AM
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Thank you all

Thats it for today from me, I am back to work and back to emails for now (some of you are about to get responses).

I will definitely be back to answer anymore

Thanks again

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Old 02-25-2014, 11:22 AM
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Curious how you handle screws in the fuel tanks. Remove them, then install thru the vinyl? What about the issue of paint blisters discussed extensively on VAF with paint on the tanks? Any concerns with vinyl?

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Old 02-25-2014, 11:24 AM
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What about the issue of paint blisters discussed extensively on VAF with paint on the tanks? Any concerns with vinyl?
I was wondering the same thing.

My guess is a pin hole to let the fuel/vapor out will take care of it???
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Old 02-25-2014, 11:39 AM
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I'm curious to know how vinyl holds up to removing dried bugs? Seems like it would take a beating.
Another benefit:

wipes off with a spray of water and cloth. The vinyl is a very smooth with little for the bug guts to hold on to.

Beating as in damage? I've flown our planes at 200mph or more through heavy rain for hours at a time Jax-pbi-jax-pbi is my test runs... feel free to check flight aware with my Tail#. That site logs my ADSB track and speeds. This vinyl will be just fine with bugs.

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