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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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:15:09 +1000, "Tony Lathouras"
<tony_lathouras@no-spam> wrote:
>
>"GB" <gb@no-spam> wrote in message
>news:jBvOa.125$3F6.5362@no-spam
>> Ben Matthes <b--.--..-.--@no-spam> wrote in
>> news:gb0lgvc8gvb4fvqoicjfbga2rsmvo08lrm@no-spam
>> > On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 13:22:52 -0000, ozzzpilot@no-spam (Trevor
>> > Fenn) a man of few words, wrote:
>> > yes you have heard it before?
>>
>> For what little it's worth, I sat down with a calculometer
>> one day, at about the time we were discussing the relative
>> ability of VH-OJB and one of the new ERs to carry the
>> 'Wunala Dreaming' livery. I applied the highly scientific
>> process of assuming that a B747 was a cylinder of the diameter
>> that a B747 actually is just aft of the wing root, searched
>> the net for coverage reccomendations for Taubmans Extra
>> Gloss Enamel something-or-other, assumed two coats, and
>> assumed 1 litre == 1 kilogram and came up with a figure,
>> IIRC, in the order of 750Kg.
>
>The weight of the paint wet compared to cured is vastly different as the
>solvents, medium etc would have evaporated during the drying/curing process.
>If you knew the weight of the solids *only* that went into the paint that
>was used, then you would have a very close figure.
>
When I was in Melbourne training (arou8nd 18 years ago), Flying Tiger
used to bring their freighter in. It was unpainted except for the
tail. And IIRC, the discussion at the time was the weight saved was
around 2 tonnes.
Regards,
Moby
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