Boidman
Key Veteran
Location: Lipo Alley
| My local gang has kinda done a survey on this. The opinions vary a fair amount on what is easy to see, regardless of age or needing prescription correction.
On average, the lighter and brighter colors don't seem to fade to the dark of a silhouette, as close in as the darker but still bright colors do. That does not appear to be an issue because many of us start flying more carefully at the farther out distances.
I like white a good bit, and sometimes use it with a jet black or brightly colored windshield.
The biggest issue that comes up now and then, is when things get a little SNAFU'd during low and close in horseplay. Our crowd generally thinks that it is important to be able to tell whether the bird is right side up or up side down, real quick, when things are or about to go bad.
Real good looking canopies often have a strong separation of contrast between the body and windshield.
I am too cheap to pay the reasonable cost of some very nice canopies, and don't have a real talent for painting.
This rattle-can job is my most visible in a variety of conditions:
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