Nice looking RV-14A
How do you like your Best Tugs tug?
We have a couple in our hangar right now. One of them is the small size in your photo. I love that thing. Use it on everything from our RV-10 to the RV-14 tail dragger. The only airplanes we don't use it on is the RV-12's because they already are so easy to move.
That is one gorgeous 14A! very nice job. Like the High Visibility Black bottom/White top! Or is that super dark blue? either way it's beautiful!
Turner, that is such a motivating image. Congrats on your beautiful aircraft!
Gorgeous colors! The blue/white is slick.
The 14 is such a well proportionally shaped airplane.
I agree Andrew - the airplane just looks right from every angle. Mostly white is pretty much the only way I'd go living in Florida. Dark on the bottom also helps visibility from the ground as someone noted. But I just like the look. The paint shop had a 310 with almost identical scheme in their shop when I visited and I copied the colors from it. Another RV-14A owner has a very similar scheme that I had seen and admired as well.
My -9A has a very similar scheme, although it's not nearly as shiny and clean.
You were wise not to get the stripes/scheme duplicated on the wheel pants. Solid white looks great and is much easier to deal with if there's any damage.
Great looking plane. I hope to see it in person one of these days.
I've waited a while to post in this thread, as I wanted my "finished" photo to be of the painted aircraft. So here it is. First flight was back in April and I'm well out of phase I. Just got it back from paint shop a few days ago, and finally got the fairings fully installed..
Gorgeous colors! The blue/white is slick.
The 14 is such a well proportionally shaped airplane.
With the improvements to the site, I can finally post a photo of my RV-14A. Finished May 2019. On display last year at Oshkosh at the Lycoming booth and selected “Miss March 2020” in the Sherwin Williams Aerospace Coatings calendar. Guess my wife’s favorite color . . . Photo by DR.
[ed. Hey, I remember that photoshoot! I kept loosing sight of the plane it blended in so well with the background <grin>. Beautiful plane there MED! Really popped. v/r,dr]
MED,
We met at Oshkosh lost year-I was the guy with the malfunctioning Grumman Tiger. Just so you know, I ordered my Thunderbolt and prop, yes, your prop, today.
Jeff Davis
Nice aircraft. I'm planning on doing mine in the same lime/yellow colour (yes for the visibility dr). Is it paint or vinyl? Do you have a paint code at all?
Thank you. My wife’s favorite color.
Glo Aircraft Painting, based at the same airport as DR, painted it with Sherwin Williams Jet Glo in Key Lime (05969), Capri Blue (07454), and Firecracker Red (05963). It gets lots of attention. Post a picture when yours is done!
Almost too pretty to fly!