Is airplane livery paint that heavy?

Question

... for airlines with colorful schemes to be painting in eurowhite liveries?

Answer 1

I know that the Army Air Corps stopped painting planes camo in WWII to reduce wieght.  It saved about 40 lbs. of an average fighter.

Answer 2

Yup that's correct........Like 600 Pounds

Which is why American just polishes their planes and it cuts back on weight saving them gas which now in days saves money.

Answer 3

yes.really heavy

Answer 4

I remember reading that the paint on a C-5 Galaxy weighs more than a fully loaded C172, almost 2500lbs!

Answer 5

Actually, here's a practical answer to your question: What does a gallon of paint weigh? Go to your local hardware store and pick one up. Feel how much just that paint can weighs full.

Now, imagine that times about 450 for a narrow-body aircraft and about 600 for a wide-body. The paint has to be delivered on pallets, so, yes, it is that heavy.

Answer 6

Yep!

Don't believe me?

Pick up a 5 gallon bucket of paint sometime. Multiply that by how many it would take to primer and paint a Jumbo Jet.

Also, the paint job may look nice and smooth and slick, but up close, it's not as smooth as a polished aluminum skin (aerodynamics).

Answer 7

C-5 paint weights Over one thousand pounds, 747 even more