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Don't they have to use a fine copper grid over the surface of any carbon fibre used in aircraft? Otherwise you get a lightning strike on the wing, and it explod
by sapphire_tomb 9y ago
Don't they have to use a fine copper grid over the surface of any carbon fibre used in aircraft? Otherwise you get a lightning strike on the wing, and it explodes? Does that help shielding from radiation too?
- godelski 9y agoI asked some colleagues and they said no. CF is conductive btw. And at that high of a voltage... But my intuition would say that Cu adding to CF would not improve its shielding qualities. Especially if it is a mesh. No mesh is going to make the shielding characteristics better because the particles are at such a high frequency.
- sapphire_tomb 9y agoNot claiming this is 100% factual, but this YouTube video suggests the mesh thing is real : https://youtu.be/m37z5R2rJ5E https://youtu.be/m37z5R2rJ5E And I've seen similar on UK documentaries as well.