Speaking of p-static... yesterday flying home from FL at 9,000 feet 200KTAS,
about 35 - 38 OAT and in the clouds, I got some BAD p-static.  It had
happened to me in the past when flying in primer, but this was the first
such event since having the plane painted 5 years ago.

So bad the Bose headset (wired to plane power) was popping and zapping my
ears.  I had to pull them off until I plugged in my battery powered Bose
adapter (which I have carried for 5 years for just such a purpose).  The
microencoder died (revitalized later after cycling its breaker.  The fuel
gauge and VM EC-100 also fritzed, along with the lights on the autopilot
(don't know if the A/P actually fritzed, as I deactivated it until the
static dissipated, then recycled its power).

The Sandel EHSI and Garmin 430s/340/327 never missed a beat...

Matt Hapgood
LNC2

-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Marvin Kaye
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:25 PM
To: lml
Subject: [LML] Re: Fuel tank camera for inspection of Lancair fuel tanks

Posted for Matt Reeves <mattreeves@yahoo.com>:

  Hmmm.  This is very interesting.  I'm wondering if static on the OUTSIDE
of
a
wing can blow up the fuel on the inside of the wing, isn't it true that
flying
itself creates quite a bit of static?  Especially if you fly in primer?
   
  Or is this not a factor because you are not touching the ground?

   Matt
  
"""
VTAILJEFF@aol.com wrote:
  
  I would be very cautious about putting an electrical device in a fuel
cell.
  One person has already blown up a Lancair wing and blown himself up in the
  process, too. And that was just from sanding on the outside of the wing.
  
  Jeff Edwards
"""

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