Right, Joe: Typically, an airplane in flight gets hit when it flies thru an area where a lightning static charge is building up. The airplane can provide just enough conductivity to allow the path to ionize. That's when the lightning happens and it goes thru the airplane skin
Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "mch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 30 December, 2005 16:42 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] polyphaser Help Since there is no real path to ground, lightning is not attracted to aircraft, and what little attraction there is would be carried on the skin of the craft. There is little risk to the interior. Joe M. Paul Yonge wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2005, at 7:10 PM, Dick wrote: > > > After a lot of years at Lockheed designing lightning protection for > > military aircraft, I've developed a very healthy respect for the > > stuff. > > Out of curiosity, how does one design lightning protection for aircraft? > > I've avoided worrying about lightning protection for the mobile > repeater van I'm putting together. Should I be worrying? > > Paul Yonge > WQDY219 > MIDLAKES REPEATER > Syracuse, New York > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
