EA-6B over the house on final

What's with the orange thingies on the wingies?

Tom

Tom Hayden wrote:

What's with the orange thingies on the wingies?

Tom

it's to attract hummingbirds....

redc1c4,
(well, maybe not. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:01:24 -0400, "Tom Hayden"
geezer1two3atcomcast.net wrote:

What's with the orange thingies on the wingies?

Tom


Those are the air-brakes, the ends of the wings actually split open
like that.

See attached pic!

Thanks, Martin.

Actually I knew those thingies were air brakes, but I was really trying to
find out why the insides were painted orange. Is it just for decoration or
does it serve a (safety or other?) purpose?

Also, in Tom's next picture you can see that insides of the (leading edge
slats?) are also painted orange. Again, is there a purpose?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

Tom Hayden wrote:

Thanks, Martin.

Actually I knew those thingies were air brakes, but I was really trying to
find out why the insides were painted orange. Is it just for decoration or
does it serve a (safety or other?) purpose?

Also, in Tom's next picture you can see that insides of the (leading edge
slats?) are also painted orange. Again, is there a purpose?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

serious guess is that it's for safety. in the first pic, the inside of the
front slats (or whatever you call them) are orange too. maybe to warn ground
crew where *not* to put fingers and hands?

redc1c4,
just a swag on my part.... %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

redc1c4 wrote in
:

Tom Hayden wrote:

Thanks, Martin.

Actually I knew those thingies were air brakes, but I was really
trying to find out why the insides were painted orange. Is it just
for decoration or does it serve a (safety or other?) purpose?

Also, in Tom's next picture you can see that insides of the (leading
edge slats?) are also painted orange. Again, is there a purpose?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

serious guess is that it's for safety. in the first pic, the inside of
the front slats (or whatever you call them) are orange too. maybe to
warn ground crew where *not* to put fingers and hands?

redc1c4,
just a swag on my part.... %-)

I read once (don't ask me where)(or when) that the first Dauntlesses had
their airbrakes insides painted the same color as the wing.
The pilot in the following plane said that when the plane in front of him
deployed his airbrakes it was like the plane suddenly stood still in the
air.
When they finally painted the insides red, the following planes could see
when the brakes were opened and they could react in time.

--
Cheers,

Bert-Jan

And orange paint is cheaper than a brake light!

Thanks. The safety reason sounds good to me.

Tom