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Hey, have any of you guys heard of an experimental paint they were working on that, when charged with electricity, would change color? I read an article probably 8 years ago about them painting up a hog with it. I guess the color change was to be a dramatic one. Their idea was that in a dogfight(which would almost eliminate the hog's usage) if the plane you were chasing suddenly appeared to morph into something a different shape, it would make you do a double-take, which could often be the edge the other guy needs to get away. Now that I think of it, that might be perfect for the hog if spotted by a dart.
At any rate, I just remembered that article, and wondered if any of you knew if they developed it further or scrapped it? <img src=newicons/idea.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I read they were developing color changing paint for the Raptor...but that was a few years back, and i've not heard anything about it since.


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Dittos. I read that too quite awhile ago and never heard about it again.

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Gee, maybe it worked so well they decided to make it top secret and quit talking about it, eh? <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> I'd love to get a hold of some of that for my truck.....

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what I liked about it was that it had a large color changing capacity, did it very quickly, and did it with extremely small voltages involved. They tested it on an F-15 out at Edwards or Groom (Groom most likely) but it was never clear to me if it had been on an A-10 or not.

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