From: "Skip Slater" <skipslater@earthlink.net>
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: RE: Static wicks for the ES
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:50:47 -0800
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Jim,
   I asked several people the same questions and here's what I was told.
   Most of the time, the ES wouldn't need wicks.  But in any plane capable
of around 200 knots, static can become a problem if you're around any
weather with convective activity.  I've been told that whether the airframe
is conductive or not, it can affect your radios.  If anyone out there knows
differently, please chime in here.
   I'm not just putting wicks on my carbon surfaces.  They're further
connected to grounding straps that I'm running into the fuselage where
they'll tie into a couple of 1/2" braided straps that run the length of the
fuselage and are grounded to the engine.
   About half of the folks I sought opinions from thought the ES would be OK
without wicks.  The half that felt it could use some were predominantly the
guys who build panels and know alot more about electrons than I do, so I
took their advice and put them in.  I guess I just feel it's better to have
them and not need them than vice versa.
   Skip Slater


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