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paign was popular then," says Cruz. He
adapted the color scheme and some of
the design elements and blended then-t
into trendy new nrurals.
A custorx-paint job of any kind costs
an average of $15,000-$30,000, so
customers are usually successful busi-
nessnlen or boat builders like Velocity.
lf anyone understands CrJz' s talent, it'sStepp, who hired Cruz as the designer
for all of Velocity's paint lines."When I ask Chris to paint a boat
for the Miar-r-ri Boat Show, I know better
than to give hirn directions, " says Stepp."Chris will do a better job than anyone
else in the U.S. He has revolutionized
custom-boat painting by telling a story
with the paint.""Many boat owners have a tuore spe-
cific idea of what they want, but not how
the overall design will look," CrJZ says.
He enjoys the clrallenge of getting an
owner's idea frotn his lread to lris boat.
Enter Lord of the Wings, Cruz's
favorite work using a 2OO7 Velocity 4LO
for a canvas. Kullen Sourdiff owns the
six-restaurant Fast Boys Wings franchise
in Jacksonville, Florida. Sourdiff wanted
his Velocity to promote his cotnpany and
took sorne Fast Boys brochures to Cruz.
Cruz's first concept sported feathers,
but Sourdiff sugSested a dragon with
scales. The second sketch was right on
the mark. Lord of the WinSs is now the
restaurant's ntascot and a pronlinent
elenrent in Southeastern poker runs.
Cruz's it'nages are colorful art, but
there is elbow
grease in rnaking
his freehand
airbrushing and
h a nd-pa inted
Draf,, N Fever (right)is the name of aL975 Taylorcraft
with medievalmural. Chris Cruz(pictured below)
let the mural flowseamlessly from
deck to freeboard
- and even insidethe bil$e.
pinstripes last. When the artwork is
done, three clear-coat layers are added,
sanded and then repeated and buffed togive the mirror finish and UV protection.
Special formulas are used where neces-
sary to resist stains frotn fuel or oil.
Cruz enjoys boating but doesn't cur-
rently own a boat. So the next obvious
question is this: How would he paint his
own boat? Cruz doesn't hesitate before
sayirg, " Refrigerator wh ite. "
ioneering the defense
industry's rnost advancedweapons systerns depends onfinding innovative solutionsto some of the industry's
most challenging problem a realityembraced by every design program,including the Joint Strike Fighter Electro-Optical Targeting Systern program.
The EOTS is the world's first and
only sensor that cornbines both forwardlooking infrared and infrared search and
track functions. A multifunctional air-to-air and air-to-ground precision targetingsystem, the EOTS will be embedded on
all three variants of the F-35 Lightning IIaircraft. The prograln recently cornpletedthe system design and development phase.
During this period, one of the team's
more challenging obstacles was workingwith Arnorphous Material TransrnittingInfrared, or AMTIR. This is the opticalglass that enables the EOTS system'smultispectral common aperlure.
Essential ComponentryThe AMTIR lens is an essential
component in the EOTS girnbal assembly.
There was only one problern - it didn'twork. Quality testing uncovered numerous
issues with the AMTIR lens, built by a
supplier. These problems occuffed in allparts of the development process, fromrnachining the lens material to handlingand installing it.
"successful deployment of the AMTIRlens was critical to prograln sllccess as
there was not a viable alternative material
or an altemative optical design," said
Steve Rentz, an optical engineer on the
EOTS program in charge of EOTS opticalsystem design. "The AMTIR lens element
basically had to work in order to build an
EOTS that could meet all requirements."To overcome development problems.
the team worked closely with the supplier.Arnorphous Materials Inc., to standardize
their process. This included obtainingAMTIR material with stable. characterizedproperlies; creating a consistent in-house
lens manufacturing process; formulatingan anti-reflection coating; and developinga non-warping technique to mountthe lens.
JSf EOTS team deliverscs,s cntinl AMTIR lcn^
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