PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Pilot's miracle escape after tangle in high-voltage power lines
Thread: Pilot's miracle escape after tangle in high-voltage power lines
View Single Post
Old 18th August 2008 | 22:34
  #10 (permalink)  
Whiskey Papa
15 Anniversary
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 83
Likes: 0
From: 42 34N, 3 02E
The thin top bracing wire is, strangely enough, the earth wire! But they weren't earthed otherwise there would be a hole in the ground! But they must have been earthed to avoid the 44,000 volts. Confused...you bet.

How heavy is a Europa? What's the breaking strain on an earth wire?
Whiskey Papa is offline  
Reply
0