Why Are.......

[Will M]

Russian propellers BLUE ! ?

Does anyone know why russian props are blue or are they following a trend of repulsive colours like their green cockpits ?

Cheers !

[flyingbosshog]

My guess..... The russians always like to be festive so they either chose a material that is blue, or someone thought it would be funny to put a little paint on them.....

[DAL767-400ER]

My theory: To better tell the blades apart from the background under snowy conditions. I could imagine that during very heavy snowstorms, which are certainly no stranger to Russia, pilots had a problem with the visualization of the black&white contrast between props and wall of snow.

[FlyingPhotog]

My theory: To better tell the blades apart from the background under snowy conditions. I could imagine that during very heavy snowstorms, which are certainly no stranger to Russia, pilots had a problem with the visualization of the black&white contrast between props and wall of snow.

Great theory, sounds reasonable.

[MaxPower]

My theory: To better tell the blades apart from the background under snowy conditions. I could imagine that during very heavy snowstorms, which are certainly no stranger to Russia, pilots had a problem with the visualization of the black&white contrast between props and wall of snow.

Interesting. I think upnorth Scandinavia like Norway and Finland has some of it's Air Force acft's prop blades painted with orange or yellow colours. That's to seperate the two colour tone, makind the blades easier to spot just like DAL767-400ER said with these russian types.

[pkonowrocki]

I guess the option with the snow is pretty possible, but it may also be a part of c/s - Aeroflot's colors are blue and red and white

[JordanD]

So it makes the wreckage easier to spot.






Sorry, I had to.

[Will M]

So it makes the wreckage easier to spot.

LOL !

Thanks guys ! the snow theory sounds like a reasonable one to me
I guess it's no different from having yellow or white tips on black props

Cheers !

Will

[Crunk415balla]

So it makes the wreckage easier to spot.

Colin's explaination sounds like it may be the reason, either that or they just paint things a little differently, like their cockpits.

[DAL767-400ER]

I guess the option with the snow is pretty possible, but it may also be a part of c/s - Aeroflot's colors are blue and red and white

If that were the case, the blades wouldn't be painted bright-blue, but dirt-blue .

[exmanx]

Their cockpits are painted green to help produce a relaxed work area. Apparently it's a relaxing colour.

Looks like yuck to me, but it seems to work.

Dunno about their props though.

Andy

[G-DALE]

So it makes the wreckage easier to spot.

That's just cruel

[kukkudrill]

Their cockpits are painted green to help produce a relaxed work area. Apparently it's a relaxing colour.

I thought it was just green primer which the manufacturers didn't bother to overpaint ... same with the wheel hubs of a lot of Russian aircraft.
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[philip]

I thought it was just green primer which the manufacturers didn't bother to overpaint ... same with the wheel hubs of a lot of Russian aircraft.
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True, I noticed that on fighter aircraft as well....why is the gear green?

[MaxPower]

Re: Milestone

True, I noticed that on fighter aircraft as well....why is the gear green?

Interesting. I haven't quite noticed this ever before. It's be nice to know about these stuff regarding russian acfts.