ronaldcox
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 Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:16 pm Post subject: AeroElectric-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 03/04/22 |
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These links are about the Glasair LP that was built and tested under a NASA grant for lightning resistance. It was then offered as a (Very expensive) option back then for the Glasair III, but as I understand it, no one ever purchased the option.
https://thumbs-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/JJ11-Lightning-Protection-6-GALL.jpg__600x0_q85_upscale.jpg
The only Glasair I have seen documentation on that had significant damage from a lightning strike was hit on a ramp, and it burned to the ground.
https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/NASA-funded-San-Antonio-pilot-s-one-of-a-kind-14455830.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDpkrBE3yrQ
I think the key is Ted's quote in the article: “I try to stay away from situations where there’s lightning around when I fly,” Bain said.
Here's a link to the SAE paper about this project from 1993.
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/931241/
Ron
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Time: 08:08:21 AM PST US
From: William Hunter <billhuntersemail(at)gmail.com (billhuntersemail(at)gmail.com)>
Subject: Re: Static Events On Composite Airplanes
Thanks Sebastien for the information. Greatly appreciated.
Does anyone else have any information that they can share?
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