nukeM to [email protected]English • 5 months agoThe Miku-21 isn't real and can't hurt yoush.itjust.worksimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down13
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minus-square@yesmanlinkEnglish11•5 months agoDoes anyone know why the Russians use that blue color in their cockpits?
minus-squarenukeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish14•5 months agoIt’s to calm the pilot so they don’t panic before being vaporized out of the sky by AIM-120’s from BVR 100 miles out
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoHexavalent chromium primer. It’s probably just their default color.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoI read at one point it was thought the color would help keep pilots as alert as possible.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoA few shades greener than turquoise, I’d say
Does anyone know why the Russians use that blue color in their cockpits?
It’s to calm the pilot so they don’t panic before being vaporized out of the sky by AIM-120’s from BVR 100 miles out
Looks like the Boeing factory paint color
Hexavalent chromium primer. It’s probably just their default color.
I read at one point it was thought the color would help keep pilots as alert as possible.
Maybe less glare from reflection of sunlight?
That’s green tho.
A few shades greener than turquoise, I’d say