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To: phantomworker

I know there is a special electrical conductive like paint made here in Phx for special applications...wonder how that might work in discharging lightning??


11 posted on 03/05/2006 3:40:42 PM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: AZRepublican

Interesting idea about the paint. Of course, plastic conducts an electric charge in a different way than metal.


12 posted on 03/05/2006 3:45:04 PM PST by phantomworker (The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, beliefs, & ideals is the environment you live in.)
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To: AZRepublican
I know there is a special electrical conductive like paint made here in Phx for special applications...wonder how that might work in discharging lightning??

The less paint on a plane the better so far as fuel burn is concerned. To paint an entire airplane the size of a 787 would add a few thousand pounds to the airframe. That is expensive.

22 posted on 03/05/2006 6:17:54 PM PST by cpdiii (roughneck (oil field trash and proud of it), geologist, pilot, pharmacist, full time iconoclast)
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