Curious, what airplane? Is there a TAS gauge installed with a redline at Vne?
Is it mandatory to perform a new weight and balance after a paint job?
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It was an Experimental Amateur Kit Built Schreder HP16T (my profile Picture) Sailplane. It had a custom Designed T-tail that had been flight tested to 135Kts.
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It wasn’t a direct before and after, but my 180 was weighed after paint. It had been weighed 2 years previous. It appears that paint added 12 pounds, it was not painted previously.
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My shop had a flat rate contract with the paint shop.dependant on type aircraft. For repaired control surfaces and striped, we did the balance to the unpainted standard.
Beechcraft have tight tolerances. A Debonair in for annual had a spray can touch up on an elevator with no log entry. On removal, it was significantly out of spec.stripped, it met that spec and after paint is was in that spec as well. A confidence test for the paint shop.
Early Cessnas had a weight and balance for for the paint in the list for 172. 14# for my 1956 172.
We saw some egregious un balanced, un logged and repaired controls. Never did the owner return to tell if the balance made any difference.
Beechcraft have tight tolerances. A Debonair in for annual had a spray can touch up on an elevator with no log entry. On removal, it was significantly out of spec.stripped, it met that spec and after paint is was in that spec as well. A confidence test for the paint shop.
Early Cessnas had a weight and balance for for the paint in the list for 172. 14# for my 1956 172.
We saw some egregious un balanced, un logged and repaired controls. Never did the owner return to tell if the balance made any difference.
I only read the first 80 posts, so this may have already been addressed.
Most planes getting painted have not had a measured weight and balance since the last paint job. All the mods, repairs, and removal's since have been calculated, and the odds of an error is well above zero.
The club painted planes over the years, and we had a measured W/B each time. The change was significant on all of the planes. W/B measurements are not expensive, and good choice if it has been 10 or more years since the last one.
Most planes getting painted have not had a measured weight and balance since the last paint job. All the mods, repairs, and removal's since have been calculated, and the odds of an error is well above zero.
The club painted planes over the years, and we had a measured W/B each time. The change was significant on all of the planes. W/B measurements are not expensive, and good choice if it has been 10 or more years since the last one.