Patent ID: 9701389
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29L,B32B,B64C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for coating a surface of an aircraft, comprising the steps of: cutting to size at least one film section from a shrinkable film material in such a manner that the film section relative to a surface section of the aircraft, which surface section is to be coated with the film section, comprises an overmeasure that is determined by the degree of shrinkage of the film material; applying the at least one film section and a functional coating to the surface section so that the functional coating is arranged between the surface section and the at least one film section; and shrinking the at least one film section by heating it to a temperature that corresponds at least to the shrinkage temperature of the at least one film section and at least to the flow temperature of the functional coating until the contours of the at least one film section conform to the contours of the surface section; wherein the at least one film section comprises a tubular or a hood-type design, at least in one section, and applying the at least one film section involves placing the at least one tubular or hood-type region of the at least one film section on at least one projecting component of the aircraft.