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re: "... dark colours would have taken heat absorption out of limit!" The SR-71 Blackbird was black because that color dissipates heat. [1] The plane was also
by chadgeidel 10y ago
re: "... dark colours would have taken heat absorption out of limit!"
The SR-71 Blackbird was black because that color dissipates heat. [1] The plane was also made from titanium, not aluminum so there may be other factors but black dissipates heat as well as it absorbs it.
[1] http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/blackbird.html http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/blackbird....
- dghughes 10y agoI thought the black was paint impregnated with tiny iron oxide balls to absorb radar energy? edit: they say that farther down the page "...and a radar-absorbing element was added to the paint."