Not me!! Besides the damage puts money in our pockets.Most of the storms that actually have hail come at the last minute without much warning.
Who would volunteer to get pummeled nearly to death to cover the planes?
Not me!! Besides the damage puts money in our pockets.Most of the storms that actually have hail come at the last minute without much warning.
Who would volunteer to get pummeled nearly to death to cover the planes?
Most of the storms that actually have hail come at the last minute without much warning.
Who would volunteer to get pummeled nearly to death to cover the planes?
I lost my roof to a storm like that (hail came before the rain). Yet another thing I don't miss about Texas...
Good thing the F100's were already gone. I vaguely remember hail actually punching thru composites during a storm which took about 100 aircraft out of service...
Gee that would be cheap. What kind of IRR would this "blanket" project have?I just made a suggestion last week on the AA Maint. & Engineering AMT/Crew Chief Forum where AA might wish to invest in a glove/blanket type system to protect a/c from just this type of hail damage.
I suggested that there should be some sort of material that would be able to absorb hail damage. This material could be "wrapped" around wings and tied underneath with lacing. The fuselage could be "blanketed" and laced underneath as well.
If 25 a/c were damage/out of service what would the cost savings be in investing in my suggestion?
I just made a suggestion last week on the AA Maint. & Engineering AMT/Crew Chief Forum where AA might wish to invest in a glove/blanket type system to protect a/c from just this type of hail damage.
I suggested that there should be some sort of material that would be able to absorb hail damage. This material could be "wrapped" around wings and tied underneath with lacing. The fuselage could be "blanketed" and laced underneath as well.
<_< ---- Which brings up another question! "All Composit" 787's? ----- Hummm???--- :unsure:I lost my roof to a storm like that (hail came before the rain). Yet another thing I don't miss about Texas...
Good thing the F100's were already gone. I vaguely remember hail actually punching thru composites during a storm which took about 100 aircraft out of service...
<_< ---- Which brings up another question! "All Composit" 787's? ----- Hummm???--- :unsure:
I fully remember that storm; I think it was around 1995’sh. I was off that night but was called in and yes you could see thru composite flight controls. I spent the night and most of the next morning speed taping 1AF so it could fly to Tulsa and it took a ton of speed tape. I spent the next several weeks hot bonding flight controls and other composite panels. If the storm Friday had just moved North a mile or so it would have become a close repeat.
I remember something similar used on AA's F100 fleet used up in Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD. They had wing blankets which were placed on the overnighters as a way to avoid having to use either type II or III glycol (more expensive, and needs to be removed with type I if I recall). Given the sub-zero temps in Fargo, it was a wise investment but they were a pain in the butt to store with just one overnighter. I can't imagine how you'd store a couple dozen shipsets at a place like DFW.
What was an F 100 doing in Fargo or Sioux Falls?