Questions tagged [paint]
Any question relating to aircraft paint.
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Are all planes painted white first?
Is white used as base paint before other colors? So is the paint on coloured parts thicker than in white parts?
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Why doesn't this 767 nose paint line up with the rest of the paint?
Looking at this Boeing 767 you'll notice that the nose paint is not lined up with the rest of the paint. But the same model with the same paint scheme on the second image is fine. What is the reason ...
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Why are stealth aircraft not sky blue?
Why are stealth aircraft not painted sky blue on the bottom to make them hard to see by looking up from the ground?
At night or with clouds between the plane and ground, the plane won't be visible ...
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How is camouflage paint applied?
A comment on this answer suggests that the exact paint distribution of a camouflage paint job varies from individual to individual:
Looking closely at the camo details, the a/c in photo in answer is ...
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What are these paint patches on this 787-8?
What are these paint patches on this British Airways 787-8 (G-ZBJB)?
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Why do Russian Su-30SM fighters have white nose radomes?
I am intrigued by the white nose radomes on Russia's Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters. Why white?
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These white nose radomes are especially noticeable in naval Su-30SM fighters, as the latter are ...
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What are the random, differently-coloured rectangular patches on the top of this Boeing 737's fuselage?
The top section of this green-painted Boeing 737's fuselage was slightly faded and I noticed a few dark-green, rectangular patches on its top. They look like patch kits on a bicycle tyre's inner tube. ...
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What is that yellow square to the right of the main entry door of this Lufthansa A350?
My question is: is it just part of the paint job, or does this yellow square serve a purpose? I haven't seen this square on any other airlines.
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Why are jet engine fan blades painted?
I came across this extremely interesting article with details on a 2018 United Airlines Boeing 777 engine failure, which is also related to the more widely-publicized failure a few days ago: http://...
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What is the speed above which painting an aircraft black (or dark) results in lower skin temperature?
The Concorde is painted white for thermal reasons. If I understand correctly, it is done to reflect as much radiation as possible in order to lower tempereture. But when the skin is really hot (SR-71, ...
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Why does the B-2 Spirit have a pattern of thin white lines?
Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit strategic bomber is mostly black or dark grey, but has a symmetric pattern of distinctive, thin white lines painted on its wings and fuselage. I have not been able to ...
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Why is the nose cone of the Su-34 white?
The title says it all. It can be clearly seen, for example, in this image:
(image source: Wikimedia)
The rest of the jet seems to have a camouflage.
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How are aircraft depainted?
There are several questions about livery changes and livery in general on this website. Yet, I fail to find information about paint removal.
As a routine maintenance for an airframe that can live for ...
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What are these silver stripes on Cosmic Girl for?
Cosmic Girl (a 747-400 used for launching things into space)1 has a network of silver-coloured stripes on its empennage, starting at the (closed-off) last cabin window, and going aftward and upward ...
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Topics for high school chemistry project (IB Chemistry IA)? [closed]
I have to do an IB Chemistry IA and I wanted to relate it somehow to aviation; however, I can't do anything super complicated though because I'm only a high schooler. Here are some possible topics ...
