rdamazio
Well Known Member
I'm wondering what solution others have found to attach static wicks to fully-built ailerons.
I've thought of a few options: there's conductive epoxy (super expensive and would probably look super ugly), I could try to make an opening in the aileron skin to install a doubler with nutplates (could compromise structural integrity?), I could make a smaller opening for a doubler with rivnuts, I could apply rivnuts to the skin directly (never tried, but sounds like a bad idea structurally), and of course I could remove a ton of rivets, add the proper doubler, then rivet it all back up. Any advice on these or other solutions? (this is a -10 btw, but I imagine it'd be a similar problem in any other models)
Thanks!
Rodrigo
P.S.: Yes I do want static wicks Besides the radio noise and stormscope benefits, I've seen at least two cases of all LCDs in a plane turning white during IMC flight due to static buildup, and that scenario sounds really scary.
I've thought of a few options: there's conductive epoxy (super expensive and would probably look super ugly), I could try to make an opening in the aileron skin to install a doubler with nutplates (could compromise structural integrity?), I could make a smaller opening for a doubler with rivnuts, I could apply rivnuts to the skin directly (never tried, but sounds like a bad idea structurally), and of course I could remove a ton of rivets, add the proper doubler, then rivet it all back up. Any advice on these or other solutions? (this is a -10 btw, but I imagine it'd be a similar problem in any other models)
Thanks!
Rodrigo
P.S.: Yes I do want static wicks Besides the radio noise and stormscope benefits, I've seen at least two cases of all LCDs in a plane turning white during IMC flight due to static buildup, and that scenario sounds really scary.