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Old 16th January 2008 | 09:39
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Are there no safety issues when they land ? That huge potential difference must go somewhere (even if just to ground there must be the risk of a ruddy great spark!) ?
Once they are disconnected then the only issue is the capacitance of the aircraft. You can only carry so much electricity.
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