Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.162.219] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.2.8) with HTTP id 651694 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:10:07 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: trailing edge static wicks To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.2.8 Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:10:07 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for Sky2high@aol.com: """ Does anyone know which type is best suited to the 320? """ Gerard, Static wicks on an insulator constructed of glass? That might be okay if you bonded everything metallic together, then to ground, then to each static wick. Anyone out there do this? Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR) Fair and Balanced Opinions at No Charge! There is an oxymoron in that, somewhere... PS Static wicks are functional if the skin is carbon fiber where there is skin conductivity (such as aluminum) and the wicks are useful to discharge static buildups, like lightning. For us pre-preg folk, avoid excessive electron exchanges by Mother Nature - the bolt just gets confused and when your wing is hit on its way to the ground the natural thing is to just blast right on thru. [Jim Frantz coined the term "flying dielectric" for the e-glass composite airframe sometime back. I think he had a message in there. ]