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Old 16th Oct 2006, 18:05
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Now we are getting some ware. Carbon fibre is an excellent conductor, fibreglass is not. Composite is a very wide range of materials, which is why I mentioned carbon. A Carbon structure is capable of handing lightning strikes, and the modern tests are to a higher standard than the old metal airframes were tested to. Metal aircraft sometimes survive a strike with their controls welded solid …..

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