I was at the Boeing aircraft plant near Seattle on a tour, they said it's because white weighs less then color paint, and on the big planes that can mean several hundreds of pounds. Hence why some buyers choose the polished alumn because they save even more weight.
Joe On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Virgil N. Salisbury <virg...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Foam and glass get too hot with colors, Virg > > > On 5/2/2011 8:18 PM, Chris corbine wrote: > > All, > > > > I'm quite new to this KR net and owning a KR thing and I am sure you all > have > > had this talk before but I am interested it hearing everyone's side of > it. Why > > does almost everyone paint them white? I have noticed, generally > speaking, > > aircraft are mostly white. Is this primarily to maximize heat > reflection? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jose Fuentes Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's Group Former Microsoft MVP http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes
