Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:31:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-8.tiscali.it ([195.130.225.154] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2481042 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:25:53 -0400 Received: from trottolino (62.11.10.47) by mail-8.tiscali.it (6.7.019) id 3F1BCE0E00036B58 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:25:48 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <001501c34fb5$dd689780$2f0a0b3e@interbusiness.it> From: "Robert Overmars" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Hysol; electrically conducting X-Original-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:28:19 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0012_01C34FC6.9F5E9280" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C34FC6.9F5E9280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Salutti tutti again, I'm not far off being ready to close a set of flaps, ailerons and for = the wings I will use the slow (2 hour) EA9339 Hysol from Watkins and = Associates www.watkins-associates.com To properly electrically connect = and protect the bond line between the top and bottom wing skins from the = effects of lightning strikes I am thinking to make the Hysol conductive = with the addition of silver powder/flake 99.99% pure which is = specifically designed for inclusion in epoxy to make it conductive.=20 My thinking is that when the wing leading edge joggle is sanded back to = carbon fibre and the silver is embedded inbetween the top and bottom = skins in the joggle the carbon fibres of the top and bottom wing skins = are connected, along the full length of the leading edge joggle. Can anybody knowledgable person think of any good reason to not include = this silver powder/flake in the hysol? Ciao, Robert d'Italia.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C34FC6.9F5E9280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Salutti tutti again,
 
I'm not far off being ready to close a = set of=20 flaps, ailerons and for the wings I will use the slow (2 = hour) EA9339 Hysol=20 from Watkins and Associates www.watkins-associates.com=   To=20 properly electrically connect and protect the bond line between the top = and=20 bottom wing skins from the effects of lightning strikes I am thinking to = make=20 the Hysol conductive with the addition of silver powder/flake 99.99% = pure which=20 is specifically designed for inclusion in epoxy to make it conductive.=20
 
My thinking is that when the wing = leading edge=20 joggle is sanded back to carbon fibre and the silver is embedded = inbetween the=20 top and bottom skins in the joggle the carbon fibres of the top and = bottom=20 wing skins are connected, along the full length of the leading edge=20 joggle.
 
Can anybody knowledgable person think = of any good=20 reason to not include this silver powder/flake in the = hysol?
 
Ciao,
 
Robert = d'Italia. 
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