Originally Posted by
widgeon
I was at canadair in the early 80"s as i recall the mesh and a layer of film adhesive were the first items layed in the moulds before the first layer of pre preg. . Part of the inspection was to verify conductivity between to points after cure, it was often a problem to achieve the correct figures. I would think replacement of any of the mesh would be nearly impossible while keeping conductivity with the rest of the mesh .
Sounds like a future business proposition to fix up CFRP surfaces to bring back conductivity requirements. I would imagine that is a conducting surface film to be applied to the prepped surface and bonded to the static dischargers... Giving more life to the Typhoon wouldn't hurt either...