"Jcarr" (jcarr)
08/24/2016 at 15:40 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
08/24/2016 at 15:40 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 2
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The U.S. Navy Blue Angels’ transportation and logistics C-130, nicknamed Fat Albert, loses its paint during a maintenance overhaul. Albert has been grounded for the remainder of the 2016 airshow season due to maintenance needs.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Jcarr
08/24/2016 at 15:46 |
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“Naked” and “Fat Albert” in one post is just begging for wildly inappropriate jokes.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jcarr
08/24/2016 at 15:46 |
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If they put on a thin protective layer to keep off oxidation in the meantime, is that Fat Guy in a Little Coat?
ttyymmnn
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/24/2016 at 15:46 |
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Cannot unsee.....
e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/24/2016 at 16:08 |
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well, its aluminum, so its going to make it’s own thin protective layer in very short order.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
08/24/2016 at 16:31 |
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Yes, but. Oxidation isn’t always a controlled process, and the depth of oxidation needs to be predictable - aluminum that doesn’t have a polish process done to it can get pitted and very iffy in short order in terms of surface friction and so on. If it was painted (and therefore etched) it could dull up and get nasty.
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
08/24/2016 at 18:19 |
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Note that the radome cover comes yellow from the factory, and they covered it during the paint stripping processes. Can’t paint that.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2016 at 21:04 |
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The composite radome doesn’t need a corrosion inspection. They do paint them though.
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ttyymmnn
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
08/24/2016 at 21:48 |
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I always thought that they weren’t painted because the paint would mess with the radar signals. The more you know....
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John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> ttyymmnn
08/24/2016 at 23:14 |
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http://www.radome.com/generic.aspx?i…
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ttyymmnn
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
08/24/2016 at 23:25 |
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I learned something. Thanks!