Hello David and all,
speaking of weight, I was told the other day that depeleted uranium is
often used as counter-weights in flying surface controls in modern
airliners, anyone heard of this practice before?
:-)
TIA
Ben.
On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 17:39:54 +1000, David Bromage
<dbromage@no-spam> wrote:
>Joe Pestana wrote:
> > We were discussing the various MTOWs of the heavies and the question
>of how
> > much the average paint job on a 747 would weigh came up. I guessed at
> > around 3 tonnes but could anyone enlighten?
>
>I think it's more like 600lb (270kg). American Airlines claimed to save
>about 450lb (200kg) by having their 747s mostly polished aluminium
>covered with a clear lacquer. AA's A300s initially weighed about 250lb
>more because they had to be painted all over.
>
>NASA saved about 600lb on the space shuttle fuel tanks by not painting
>them white.
>
>Cheers
>David
Ben Matthes. Canberra, Australia.
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is that yes they use DU as well?
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 05:39:20 -0000, ozzzpilot@no-spam (Trevor
Fenn) wrote:
>b--.--..-.--@no-spam (Ben Matthes) wrote in
><gb0lgvc8gvb4fvqoicjfbga2rsmvo08lrm@no-spam>:
>
>>On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 13:22:52 -0000, ozzzpilot@no-spam (Trevor
>>Fenn) a man of few words, wrote:
>>
>>
>>>yes
>>
>>yes you have heard it before?
>>
>>Ben Matthes. Canberra, Australia.
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>
>Yes.
Ben Matthes. Canberra, Australia.
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