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Old 3rd March 2006, 17:45
Franek Grabowski Franek Grabowski is offline
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Re: Half painted Fw 190 wing undersides - the purpose?

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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Sure I will buy that for the first couple of hours of flight.
When the paint cracks, scratches or chips from aeroelasticity though you will lose performance.
Well, this couple means some months, depending on groundcrew of course, and it was longer than an ordinary period of service in a combat unit.
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Remember too, using the Oberflächenschutzliste 8 Os 155:
It is very doubtful bare metal would have just been left in a rough surface.
This was because of specifics of new camouflage coat, extremally thin. Puttied, painted and polished aircraft will always have better aerodynamics rather than the bare metal one.
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