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I have vague memories of reading about the coating on F-117. It was supposed to be multiple layers of epoxy paint with suspended ferrous particles, each layer c
by yobbo 3y ago
I have vague memories of reading about the coating on F-117. It was supposed to be multiple layers of epoxy paint with suspended ferrous particles, each layer cured under a different magnetic field to align them. To re-coat, the plane would have to be disassembled. The effect they wanted is most likely cancellation, analogous to anti-reflective coatings on glass. Idk.
Furthermore, I have seen pictures of F22 with brown rust stains on panels that should not have any steel in them.
- sillywalk 3y agoHere are some bits about the paint etc. from a War Zone article about sending a retired pre-production model to a museum. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4729/the-toxic-death-paint-scheme-was-the-f-117-nighthawks-most-outrageous https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4729/the-toxic-death-p...