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VMX-22 MV-22B "Paint" job?

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Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 11:40 AM
Y'all have been stuck on Fulda-Gap Green for so long now, I don't think they'll do anything that radical anytime soon.
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Posted by Cobrahistorian on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:33 AM

Shiny....

Doesn't strike me as LO.... (keeping my fingers crossed that the Army doesn't get any "bright" ideas)

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Posted by LemonJello on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:18 AM

Looks that would be a tough finish to replicate in scale, but I'd like to see it. 

I'd agree with Trigger, that sheen/shine doesn't strike me a visually "low observable" but maybe it has radar/laser absorbtion properties to go with the weight savings?

I don't think any of the birds flying out of New River have that paint scheme.  I recall most of those have the standard greys, but that could have changed. 

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Posted by Trigger on Monday, February 6, 2006 6:20 AM
 kylec wrote:
low observable paint. No.22 was the first, it's 30lbs lighter than the original paint


I assume you mean LO in the EM spectrum because that shiny metallic finish doesn't look very LO
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Posted by kylec on Sunday, February 5, 2006 10:13 PM
low observable paint. No.22 was the first, it's 30lbs lighter than the original paint
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 5, 2006 8:11 PM
That one just came of that show "overhaulin" Foose rules. Had no idea he did aircraft.
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VMX-22 MV-22B "Paint" job?
Posted by Trigger on Sunday, February 5, 2006 7:43 PM
Looks like the F-22 isn't the only airframe with a weird finish to it. Check out these pix of MV-22B 166480. What's going on here and will this spread to other types?

October 05
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0952871/L/

January 06
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0999041/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0999040/L/



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