Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:29:33 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net ([24.50.78.4] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1253559 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 01 Jun 2002 08:41:22 -0400 Received: from worldwinds ([207.175.254.66]) by smtprelay1.dc3.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GX11WT00.K7I for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 08:41:17 -0400 From: "Gary Casey" X-Original-To: "lancair list" Subject: Lightning strike X-Original-Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 05:36:42 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal On looking at the unlucky Glasair, I wonder if the original path was down the rudder hinge line, through the control and then the tie-down chain. The rudder looks like it had been cleanly severed. Does this plane have a piano hinge for the rudder? That would be a continuous electrical path. I have been thinking about running a continuous ground between metal parts to dissipate static build-up - which probably would not have done any good in this case. Is there anyone else planning to do something like that? It would seem obvious that the best place for a conductor is outside the skin not inside. When asked where lightning strikes someone said "wherever it wants." Gary Casey ES project