Boit

Mac: You're not a rocket scientist? Geez, I thought you wired the altimeter in that cool 3-tiered color combo!

MacGyver

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaveFromSydney
[B]Wouldn't a lot of that weight be the thinner/solvent/whatever which holds the pigment together.
In that case wouldn't it evaporate off as part of

MeTh222

Actually, heat or light doesn't have mass so it's weightless.

lanbrown

It would weigh less because heat rises.

So if you want to go faster, have the top up and the heat on.

hygiene boy

I was in the Navy a while back and we used a super heavy black, rubberized, sonar absorbing paint for our submarine! That stuff was like 40lbs. a gallon!

ruexp67

Considering the probable aerodynamic benefits of the top up, and the better cooling from having the heat on, you probably WOULD see benefits from doing this.

SiddRaj21

I always had a theory that paint slows ones car down. After this thread........so thats the reasn why I see so many cars with unpaainted kits and bondo work onthe road. lol

spapdx

I hope he and his local home depot are out of sand paper

Jamieson

I just thought I'd toss this little tidbit in there. I was watching some news program a few months ago talking about the airline business and they were mentioning the cost of flying a plane, etc. They mentioned how the paint affects it.

I just pulled this tidbit from the boeing website:

American Airlines is also the only company that essentially does not paint their planes. The weight savings alone means less fuel consumption...with as much as those planes are in the air and how much they carry..imagine the savings in a year...heck, 10 years! :-x

Jamieson

MacGyver

These guys should learn some creative engineering...they could etch their logos into the metal skin for a really cool effect, no paint necessary.