Timeline for Do black wings have better aerodynamics?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
5 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2021 at 21:10 | history | edited | Martin Argerami | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 232 characters in body
|
| Jan 16, 2021 at 22:03 | comment | added | Martin Argerami | It is mostly because of the sun. But if there was an advantage to be gained by painting the wings a different color, you bet it would have been done for a competition/record. | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 8:33 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @Abdullah: Exactly right. As JohnK mentions already, white is chosen to limit the surface temperature. Red is allowed at low-stress parts like the wingtips or the fuselage nose, but white is mandatory on highly-stressed parts. When the SB-10 spent a few months in Australia (winter 79-80), it came back with permanently lowered dihedral. The Australian sun heated the epoxy matrix too much even though the airplane was painted white. | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 7:32 | comment | added | Abdullah is not an Amalekite | Isn't that because of material issues? | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 4:20 | history | answered | Martin Argerami | CC BY-SA 4.0 |