There’s no turning back now. N11018 is officially Cub Yellow. Back when this whole project started, my initial plan was to have a bright matte white Tailwind when it was done. Just something simple that would be easy to add livery or decals to later on if I wanted. There was plenty of white and Cub Yellow paint left over on the shelves at Yakima Aerosport and I was told I could have either. They insisted I go with Cub Yellow. I insisted it be matte white.
I posted my dilemma to the Tailwind group and asked for opinions. Overwhelmingly they said if they were given the choice, they would choose Cub Yellow.
So Cub Yellow it is.
Man I would not have expected that so many people would prefer yellow, though for sure it is going to be easier to pick out a yellow plane in the sky than a white one. Beautiful job on this work.
I’ve had people at non-towered airports comment over the frequency how easy it is to see and avoid me. I don’t have a transponder or ADS-B so I don’t show up on radar or TIS-B systems and because the aircraft is covered in fabric it doesn’t generate a reliable radar signature even when I’m inside of Class D airspace. Tower controllers at Troutdale and Yakima have commented how well the yellow can be seen.