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Old September 16th 18, 10:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
James Metcalfe[_2_]
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Default Tinted canopies

At 12:54 15 September 2018, wrote:
Polycast SCTM colors block out a significant portion of the Near-Infrared


Radiation (NIR); this results in less heat.

So where does the extra heat go? Reflected into space (or the eyes of
bystanders)? Or absorbed by the glass/perspex/plexiglas ??