Digital camoflage: will aircraft ever use it?

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I am fascinated by the recent use of a computer-generated digital camoflage pattern on the Battle Dress Uniforms of our ground troops.
For those who haven’t seen it, the new camoflage uniforms are printed with a computer-generated series of squares to form a camoflage pattern that is harder to spot than the previous camoflage.
I wonder if a digital type camoflage will ever be used on aircraft in the future?
It would make for quite a modeling challenge[:D]

Dave

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Reminds me of the F-18 pic posted some time ago which featured a computeresque camo scheme (anybody got that?). I wonder if its pattern came from a computer-generated artwork or template.

Cheers,
onyan

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You mean this digital camo?

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Yup, that’s the one, Randie!

Cheers,
onyan

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Must be a an effective way to camouflage aircraft. Looking at the pic my eyes are already strained to make the lines of the F-18

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I asked Two Bobs about that place a few months back. He is/was working on a decal set for that plane, but last I heard he was trying to get in touch with someone from the Nats who had some reference pix of it.

I’ve seen other Marine birds lately with special schemes and colorful markings and I doubt this is anything more than a one-off. Such a scheme would be more effective against a multi-colored background like the ground or the ocean’s surface than the sky, which is a more constant hue and value. Maybe it’s better suited for helicopters.

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Looks like the hull of a star trek ship

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as jets get faster and faster, i reckon camo will be less of an issue. but for helis ithink digital camoflage is going to be the next thing. easier to maintain for the groundcrews.

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Radar doesn’t care how the plane is painted. [:D] [;)]

Mike

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but in a dogfight, an extra 1/2 second spent looking for the bandit is the difference between life and getting vaped. either way i think it looks cool.

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Amen brother.

Right now the Ghost and Mod-Eagle type schemes out there seem to be doing a pretty good job in the air-to-air arena for fast movers. They’re even trying out an F-117 or two in Raptor colors and patterns for daylight missions.

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Kinda glad I do mostly WW2 Aircraft. Those schemes would require way too much Tamiya tape for masking.

Regards, Rick