I had the same experience with the light color a hazy reflection. I placed
a piece of black felt cloth over the top of the panel and it does not seem
to generate heat in the panel while stopping the reflection.
Ken Carpenter
N 9XS
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From: "Ami McFadyean" <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Europa-List: Instrument panel colours
<ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> I painted the top of my instrument panel in a light colour, for VFR day
> flight only; generally it provides a feeling of spaceousness in the
cockpit.
> Big Mistake.
>
> In sunlight there is noticeable reflection onto the inside of hte
windscreen
> that gives an effect of flying into haze; visibility permanently degraded
> whilst the sun shines.
>
> I'm fearful that repainting the top of the panel with matt black could
> overheat hte panel and/or cause heat distortion of the fibreglass.
>
> Has anyone with a "dark" colour panel (meaning grey or dark blue etc)
> experienced any difficulties as above? Are there colours complimentary to
> the brown-tinted windscreen that would reflect less?
>
> Duncan Mcf.
>
>
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