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Why does my 787's wing look like this? (lemmy.ml)

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Why are there several overlapping coats of paint that are peeling off? I thought this was the new and flashy Boeing plane? The airline was Scoot.

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[-] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago

Absolutely on the delamination. Paint on metal can go for a minute and be okay as long as there's primer still protecting the metal; but on composite the flaking will just lead to more flaking. Plus, the water intrusion damage and wicking you can get with carbon fiber. Gotta check that stuff often.

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