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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.
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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.
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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.