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Repainting modern airliners.... unpainted wings?
Posted: 21 May 2007, 20:08
by Quixoticish
Just a quick one, am I right in thinking most modern airliners have unpainted wings no matter how loud the livery on the tail/fuselage is? I can't seem to find any examples of painted wings on airliners.net.
Posted: 21 May 2007, 21:01
by Garry Russell
The leading edges and flying surfaces are left unpainted....in the case of the flying surfaces paint upsets the balance.
The main body of the wing has a protective skin which again remains unpainted.
So as far as I am away wings are not painted on modern airliners.
Garry
Posted: 22 May 2007, 00:09
by Quixoticish
Garry Russell wrote:The leading edges and flying surfaces are left unpainted....in the case of the flying surfaces paint upsets the balance.
The main body of the wing has a protective skin which again remains unpainted.
So as far as I am away wings are not painted on modern airliners.
Garry
Thanks for confirming that Garry, the repaints I'm doing are for a VA and they are rather garish and loud, and I was just exploring the plausibility of painting the wings as well.
Edit : The dead sparrows and Concorde look rather swish
