Not sure on that one, but I did hear that the chicken came first!
Ice cream cones come from frozen Canadian cows. Duh!
this must be why some fire trucks are yellow…[;)]
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Hence the RLM color of “Slip-stop Gelb”…
No fire trucks are yellow when they have been picked to early, they are not ripe yet.
I thought everyone knows yellow is a non slip color, that is why OSHA requires yellow warnings at the top of stairs. [:)]
lol. now now… Grapefruits, Banana’s…grapes, Pears, are all ripe when there yellow! [;)]
My source also tells me that’s why many German fighter aircraft had non-slip gelb wing-tips and noses…
Is that so that when they got shot down, they would get stuck in the air and not crash into the ground?
Eric
It has a very complex structure in comparison to any other colour, which was at one point STS “Super Top Secret” & not very well understood until recently.
I am not competent to even start explaining how it works, but Triarius would likley be able to give a comprehensive description.
Such is the effectivness, they have even made anti-slip shoes from it - the yellow stops the black sole from slipping;
We have a non-slip yellow lab. He’s very sure-footed on the wood floor.
Wonder if there’s non-slip for this thread… It’s starting to…
wait wait wait… if this yellow is stop-slip… why do I have such a bugger of a time getting yellow paint to stick to models? Am I buying a cheap knock-off that doesn’t have non-slip chemistry. Have I been ripped off? Should I sue? [6]
Yes
Ahhh Scheiße!
That’s it, I’m calling the Better Business Bureau, everyone will back me up on this non-slip paint thing right… Right?
No its for when they did crash into the ground the plane stayed together because of the yellow nose and tail. Saves time and money. Slap on a new propeller (don’t forget the yellow spiral on the cone) and you’re good to go.
Most yellows don’t exactly match non-slip yellow or non-slip gelb. I hear White Ensign makes a Slightly Tacky Yellow that’s really close, though.
Gunze also makes a Mr. Non-Slip Color, but it’s almost impossible to find.
Yup! Right up there with “Buckets of propwash”, yards of “flightline”, and, boxes of “padeye covers”
Ray
I’ve had no luck finding propwash by the bucket. All kinds of hogwash though…
You can only get propwash in bucket quantities from industrial suppliers. I found it in 1 liter cans in an auto parts store once, though. Right next to the synthetic blinker fluid.