Graeme Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I've seen a couple of references to USAF F-16's having a new paint finish referred to as 'Have Glass'. From the only photo I've seen, it appears to a sort of silvery grey colour =-is it the same as the F-22? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darson Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) I've seen a couple of references to USAF F-16's having a new paint finish referred to as 'Have Glass'.From the only photo I've seen, it appears to a sort of silvery grey colour =-is it the same as the F-22? G'day mate, Have Glass is the code name for a series of RCS reduction measures for the F-16 fighter. Its primary aspect is the addition of an indium-tin-oxide layer to the gold tinted cockpit canopy. This is reflective to radar frequencies, while it may seem odd, adding a radar reflective coating actually reduces the plane's visibility to radar. An ordinary canopy would let radar signals straight through where they would strike the many edges and corners inside and bounce back strongly to the source, the reflective layer dissipates these signals instead. Overall, Have Glass reduces an F-16's RCS (radar-cross section) by some 15 percent. Not sure if it's exactly the same stuff as the F-22 but it's applied with the same CASPER (Computer Aided Spray Paint Expelling Robot) system used for the F-22 so I’d be guessing yes. The paint has a distinct metallic finish to it and has a dirty faded weathered appearance. Paint codes for this finish are: Overall Aircraft - FS36270 Topsides - FS36118 Wingtip Missile Rails - FS36270 Underwing Missile Rails, Pylons & Drop tanks - FS36375 or FS36270 Here's what it looks like on a Viper Cheers Edited April 7, 2009 by darson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sworld Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Not sure if it's exactly the same stuff as the F-22 but it's applied with the same CASPER (Computer Aided Spray Paint Expelling Robot) system used for the F-22 so I’d be guessing yes. Do you get the feeling that they start with the acronym and then make a name up for it sometimes? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 To add to this thread it seems MRP paints has Have Glass now. Still haven't figured this all out yet myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 08/04/2009 at 1:07 AM, Mr Sworld said: Do you get the feeling that they start with the acronym and then make a name up for it sometimes? We call that a backronym. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) On 07/04/2009 at 2:39 PM, darson said: G'day mate, Have Glass is the code name for a series of RCS reduction measures for the F-16 fighter. Its primary aspect is the addition of an indium-tin-oxide layer to the gold tinted cockpit canopy. This is reflective to radar frequencies, while it may seem odd, adding a radar reflective coating actually reduces the plane's visibility to radar. An ordinary canopy would let radar signals straight through where they would strike the many edges and corners inside and bounce back strongly to the source, the reflective layer dissipates these signals instead. Overall, Have Glass reduces an F-16's RCS (radar-cross section) by some 15 percent. Not sure if it's exactly the same stuff as the F-22 but it's applied with the same CASPER (Computer Aided Spray Paint Expelling Robot) system used for the F-22 so I’d be guessing yes. The paint has a distinct metallic finish to it and has a dirty faded weathered appearance. Paint codes for this finish are: Overall Aircraft - FS36270 Topsides - FS36118 Wingtip Missile Rails - FS36270 Underwing Missile Rails, Pylons & Drop tanks - FS36375 or FS36270 Here's what it looks like on a Viper Cheers Wrong, Have Glass is a single monotone paint scheme with the coating mixed into the paint with its own Federal standard paint code FS36170 edit: my mistake, didn't realise I was correcting a post from 09, when the details of have glass were barely known, apolgies if mr darson is still around to see this post Edited March 30, 2017 by PhantomBigStu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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