I have heard that bumping up speedbrakes will dissipate a static charge. Don't know if true, but have heard it from more thatn one source. Obviously on a carbon fiber airframe it would have to be well grounded.
Micah Froese
Legacy 2000
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From: "Jim Cameron"
To: "Lancair Mailing List"
Subject: [LML] Static wicks
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:24:39 -0500
Re: Terrence O'Neill's question about static wicks
Sorry, can't comment on any particular brand of static wicks. My impression is that a lot of sharply pointed ends help with static discharge. That said, I was just at an air expo where I saw a couple of planes with static wicks made of just a piece of multistrand wire, maybe 12 ga, with the aft 3/8" stripped. Would they work? Dunno, but you'd maybe risk a quarter to find out.
Jim Cameron
Legacy N121J
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