Airplane Paniting 101

Undertoad · 07-11-2009, 12:41 PM

Somewhere in my head is a story of a Beechcraft Bonanza that was painted "wrong" and then failed to generate enough lift and crashed?

plthijinx · 07-11-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Somewhere in my head is a story of a Beechcraft Bonanza that was painted "wrong" and then failed to generate enough lift and crashed?

not sure about that. you do have to adjust the weight & balance calculations though. that guy's plane probably was re-rigged wrong (cables to the ailerons were probably reversed or possible static port &/or pitot tube blockage......sucks for him tho. hope he wasn't late for dinner....

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2009, 09:57 PM

Yeah, hard to swallow that story. Adding enough paint to overload or change the aerodynamics of that plane would be neigh impossible. And if they painted the flap hinges enough to render them inoperable, they'd discover that before leaving the ground.

plthijinx · 07-11-2009, 10:12 PM

more...

plthijinx · 07-11-2009, 10:16 PM

i'm trying to resize, bear with me...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2009, 10:19 PM

Much more gooder.

plthijinx · 07-11-2009, 10:26 PM

k, fingered out resizing....
obviously we finished painting today and for the most part she looks good. there are a bunch of touch up areas that need to get done but in reality they probably wont. it's a trainer - they get used and abused....anyway the last thing is to put the "N" number on the plane and when i left the office my boss was trying to figure out the plotter/cutter we have to cut the registration numbers to stick on the plane...
(oh, and thanks flint for the link!)

plthijinx · 07-11-2009, 10:28 PM

almost the last. i will take pics with the "N" number on there tomorrow.

07-11-2009, 09:57 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, hard to swallow that story. Adding enough paint to overload or change the aerodynamics of that plane would be neigh impossible. And if they painted the flap hinges enough to render them inoperable, they'd discover that before leaving the ground. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-11-2009, 10:12 PM	#4
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	more... Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-11-2009, 10:16 PM	#5
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i'm trying to resize, bear with me... Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-11-2009, 10:19 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Much more gooder. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-11-2009, 10:26 PM	#7
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	k, fingered out resizing.... obviously we finished painting today and for the most part she looks good. there are a bunch of touch up areas that need to get done but in reality they probably wont. it's a trainer - they get used and abused....anyway the last thing is to put the "N" number on the plane and when i left the office my boss was trying to figure out the plotter/cutter we have to cut the registration numbers to stick on the plane... (oh, and thanks flint for the link!) Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-11-2009, 12:41 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Somewhere in my head is a story of a Beechcraft Bonanza that was painted "wrong" and then failed to generate enough lift and crashed?

07-11-2009, 10:28 PM	#8
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	almost the last. i will take pics with the "N" number on there tomorrow. Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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