This misplaced bonding effort applies to bonding around a rotator as well. We already dispelled the myth (on the TowerTalk reflector) of rotator bearnings being welded by a lightning strike. Common s
Not quite true. Look at MLI-B-5087B, Military Specification - Bonding, Electrical, and Lightning Protection for Aerospace Systems and the FAA Lightning Protection Handbook, DOT/FAA/CT89/22. My copies
Do they still do that? I've never seen a plane with the control surfaces bonded like that although I don't get to see many military planes. The only thing I've seen so far are static wicks on contro
The myth has not been dispelled. :>) The purpose of a bonding wire around the rotator is to reduce the voltage that the rotator sees when lightning hits the mast and conducts current thru the rotator
Yup... they sure do with big flexible double 00 flexible bonding connections... the bonding cables are inside the wing structure where you don't see them. Composites are a problem in some of the new