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  • The advantage of painting them a darker grey is that they would be more visible. Right now,PC-9s are very hard to see against a cloudy background. You can hear them from miles away but they are very hard to spot. That's the upside. The downside is that there are always better things to spend money on, than paint, the TCAS and EGPWS being of rather more utility and a pressing need than a coat of paint. Paint is , of course, important for it's function of preventing corrosion of the metal and non-metal surfaces and rather more of a priority than just painting the things for fashion's sake. How about painting them green, to remind the Army that the Air Corps cares about them;-)

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    • Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
      The advantage of painting them a darker grey is that they would be more visible. Right now,PC-9s are very hard to see against a cloudy background. You can hear them from miles away but they are very hard to spot. That's the upside. The downside is that there are always better things to spend money on, than paint, the TCAS and EGPWS being of rather more utility and a pressing need than a coat of paint. Paint is , of course, important for it's function of preventing corrosion of the metal and non-metal surfaces and rather more of a priority than just painting the things for fashion's sake. How about painting them green, to remind the Army that the Air Corps cares about them;-)
      I'm sure the next time they go for a repaint a new colour scheme can be applied without breaking the bank.
      For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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      • Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
        It would be nice if all our fixed wing were the same colour(s). No reason why they couldn't be.
        Someone (who isn't colourblind) should use their photoshop skilz to show us what that would look like.
        Keep the roundel though (in some format).

        We managed to get all our helis one colour.




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        • Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
          It would be nice if all our fixed wing were the same colour(s). No reason why they couldn't be.
          Someone (who isn't colourblind) should use their photoshop skilz to show us what that would look like.
          Keep the roundel though (in some format).

          We managed to get all our helis one colour.
          There's quite a few anoraks on social media getting very upset over the lack of roundels on the PC12. I don't get the obsession myself.

          Also. Stand by your bunk for a colour change to the rotary fleet. Unsurprisingly, it's not green. More akin to the new Spanish NH90s.

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          • There's quite a few anoraks on social media getting very upset over the lack of roundels on the PC12.
            Any official reason as to why they were omitted?? Less visible from below when on a surveillance tasking??
            Also. Stand by your bunk for a colour change to the rotary fleet. Unsurprisingly, it's not green. More akin to the new Spanish NH90s.
            Couldn't have green Helis doing SAR now could we????
            "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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            • Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
              I'm sure the next time they go for a repaint a new colour scheme can be applied without breaking the bank.
              Read somewhere a figure of €60k being mentioned for an aircraft paint job?
              Might have been for an airliner though, can't remember the context
              "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"

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              • Now do fixed wing.
                For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                • Originally posted by apod View Post
                  Any official reason as to why they were omitted?? Less visible from below when on a surveillance tasking??


                  Couldn't have green Helis doing SAR now could we????
                  I can't imagine it was a visibility issue for the ISR role but who knows. An easy compromise wouldve been to have subdued roundels which wouldnt have required much work but it wasn't chosen. The good idea fairy will come out eventually.

                  The SAR hype train is in full swing. It's being pushed hard on social media and plenty of ex-ers, most of whom were never involved in it whatsoever so make of that what you will. Just proves the white paper isn't worth the paper its written on.

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                  • Originally posted by Truck Driver View Post
                    Read somewhere a figure of €60k being mentioned for an aircraft paint job?
                    Might have been for an airliner though, can't remember the context
                    Not sure of the cost but depending on the maintenance schedule it can be a convenient time to paint while the airframe is partly dismantled.

                    While it serves a purpose for corrosion as already stated. There's no benefit to a single color fleet really. Its all about the 'corporate branding'.

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                    • Originally posted by apod View Post
                      Any official reason as to why they were omitted?? Less visible from below when on a surveillance tasking??
                      Read somewhere that they are on the underside

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                      • Originally posted by Chuck View Post
                        There's quite a few anoraks on social media getting very upset over the lack of roundels on the PC12. I don't get the obsession myself.

                        Also. Stand by your bunk for a colour change to the rotary fleet. Unsurprisingly, it's not green. More akin to the new Spanish NH90s.
                        Very Naval looking.
                        For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                        • Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
                          Very Naval looking.
                          If only we had some ships for them to land on.

                          Proper ships, which are designed and built to have organic heli assets. Not the token effort thats mooted for the MRV.

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                          • Originally posted by DeV View Post
                            Read somewhere that they are on the underside
                            Don't believe all you read.

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                            • Originally posted by Truck Driver View Post
                              Read somewhere a figure of €60k being mentioned for an aircraft paint job?
                              Might have been for an airliner though, can't remember the context
                              An A320 repaint. I might have mentioned it.

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                              • An awful lot of the repaint cost is in the preparation such as the protection of transparencies, the stripping of old paints and decals and the sheer amount of hands-on manhours involved in sanding and pre-paint work. Even a relatively small aircraft like a PC-9 takes quite a bit of time to prep. A lot of airliner and business jet painting is really "wrapping", like fitting van decals and a huge amount of time is devoted, after painting or wrapping, on getting the multitude of decals back on correctly, especially all the warning and cautionary decals on the openable panels. It's not something you decide to do lightly,as it could take a month to paint an aircraft, if you go for actual paint and even a couple of weeks for a "wrap".

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