Trying to predict the effects of a lightning strike is nearly fruitless. A
friend in Denver (which has quite a bit of lightning, I'm told) reloaded
hunting ammunition for a hobby. To keep his house, wife and kids as safe as
possible, he kept his supplies and did his reloading in a small shop away
from the house. He also decided to protect himself by installing not one,
but two lightning rods, properly grounded.

Didn't seem to help much as his shop was struck during a storm and the bolt
jumped off the rod and into his shop. The path inside was obvious from the
burns on several metal storage racks where he kept his gunpowder. One of the
metal powder containers had a 1 inch hole burned in the side and a bunch of
the powder had spilled out but hadn't ignited! Go figure! I guess the mere
fact that the shop was still there (he had a number of pounds of powder in
it) was a testament to just how fickle a lightning strike can be.

Bottom line, I guess, is that you can't predict what will happen to your
Lancair if you are unlucky enough to sustain a hit.

Dan Schaefer