Return-Path: Received: from olympus.net ([198.133.237.6]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:31:21 -0500 Received: from pt195158.olympus.net ([207.149.195.158] helo=pavilion) by olympus.net with smtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 146vKp-00024z-00; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:55:43 -0800 Message-ID: <056601c06696$528be000$8ec395cf@pavilion> From: "John Barrett" <2thman@olympus.net> To: , "Lancair Mail List" Subject: static wicks IVP Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:53:41 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Joe, The static wick people and Bill Maddox do call for 15 wicks for the IVP, but many builders are settling for many fewer. I've bought all 15, but will only install about eight, if memory serves. Two on each wing and two on each side of the elevator. The builders in Washington State who are flying seem to be satisfied with this number, and all have flown solid IFR with no complaints of static buildup enough to interfere with radios. One got into a very serious thunderstorm with hail the size of golfballs and a climb rate of several thousand feet per minute. There were lots of things that they were very concerned with during the moments in that cell, but they say the communications worked just fine in spite of the fewer wicks. Regards, John Barrett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>