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Avro · Post by **Avro** » 12 Jan 2006, 12:40

I pass my round

I have not a lot of time these days. I'm back in Delft and the exams start on monday. So just ask another question Koen.

Chris

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 12 Jan 2006, 15:37

Thx Avro, good luck with your exams.

Here is an other question:

Part A:
How many liters of paint and thinner (read thinner +paint) was used to give the Martinair 767 fleet a brand new paintscheme?

Part B:
Which was the first aircraft to receive the new designed paintscheme?

Koen

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 12 Jan 2006, 19:19

The person who is closest to the correct answer on wednesday 18/01 will be the winner.

Koen

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 14 Jan 2006, 07:32

Just a little note: the number of liters is only for 1 Boeing 767.
Just try and guess, I don't think you will find it on the internet.

Koen

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 14 Jan 2006, 12:52

All I know about airplane painting is that the paint on a 747 ways about as much as a horse.

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 14 Jan 2006, 23:57

Just give it a try and do a guess, you never know!

Koen

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 15 Jan 2006, 16:05

the first B767 that recieved the new c/s was PH-MCI "Prins Pieter-Christiaan" on 17th November 2004 @ AMS

give me a bit of time and I might find a number for the paint

but just as Avro I'm in the middle of exams...

Simon

KLM671 · Post by **KLM671** » 17 Jan 2006, 00:31

could it be possible 280 liters?

regards
KLM671 (AMS-YUL)

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 17 Jan 2006, 10:48

It's a lot more (thinner + paint)!

Tomorrow evening after my late shift (around 23h LT), I will give the correct answers.

I didn't found the answers on the internet, but in a magazine of a company specialized in aerospace coatings.

Koen

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 17 Jan 2006, 18:23

500 liters?

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 17 Jan 2006, 22:44

A lot more!

Koen

KLM671 · Post by **KLM671** » 17 Jan 2006, 23:04

4000????????

Regards
KLM671

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 17 Jan 2006, 23:13

don't know about a 767, but years ago I was told that flying tigers had a payload increase of 5000lbs because the a/c only had a few stripes of paint on the fuselage of their 747's

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 18 Jan 2006, 00:33

KLM671 wrote:4000????????

Regards
KLM671

Not that much

Koen

KLM671 · Post by **KLM671** » 18 Jan 2006, 04:22

2000??

Regards
KLM671 :wave:

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 18 Jan 2006, 12:12

Less

Keep on guessing, tonight I will give the correct answers (around 22h30-23hLT)

Koen

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 18 Jan 2006, 12:22

I'll give it a try:

1300 l ?

Chris

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 18 Jan 2006, 13:42

1500?

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 18 Jan 2006, 22:37

Avro, you're very close. You're next

Here are some details involved in the repaint project:

* 1371 liters of paint and thinner
* 3145 liters of cleaning and etching substances
* 800 liters of paint remover
* 1,4 km of aluminium scotch tape
* 15,4 kilometers tape
* 10895 sheets of sandpaper

Source: Reflections, a magazine of ANAC (Akzo Nobel Aerospace coatings)

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 18 Jan 2006, 22:54

Those are huge amounts of paint and other substances!!

Ok here is my question:

On several planes you can see small devices attached to the wing: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/975837/L/

- What are those devices called ?
- What's the purpose of installing them?

And subsidary: What does their height tell you about the Boundary Layer of the flow.