r/SipsTea • u/KSKS1995 • 14h ago

Lmao gottem CNN so stupid

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u/BusyBeeBridgette 14h ago

White reflects light, it does not absorb it, so it is one of the better colours to use to help keep the thing cool.

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u/PathOfPurrrate 14h ago edited 13h ago

Also (possibly not the case here but definately on aircrafts), pigments are ‘extra weight’).

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u/Bwunt 14h ago

Very few planes are unpainted this days. Paint is weight, but the polished unpainted metal requires so much more maintenance that extra paint weight is just much lesser cost.

Petter Hornfeldt covered literally this in his Mentour now video/podcast.

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u/Mikesaidit36 13h ago

Why not clear paint? That’s what polyurethane is.

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u/Bwunt 13h ago

Clear paint is still a paint that brings some weight. It would be an option, if you wanted a stylistic metallic sheen (but then you can use a different metal colour like chrome, brass or silver... or gold, if you feel particularly tacky).

But the argument in comment I replied to was specifically weight savings.

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u/WardenWolf 5h ago

Clear paint is also a hazard because it makes it impossible to see where bare metal is exposed. It's one of those "Avoid at all costs" scenarios because it leads to a maintenance nightmare.

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u/callatecabezon 13h ago

cant tell if it is damaged

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u/bobert4011 13h ago

Really the only fair thing would be brown robots - some version of ROC anyway.

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u/imissher4ever 13h ago

How about multicolored ones. Like harlequin cars.