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I don't think it's particularly dramatic. The Boeing 787 is the first airliner to really use composites to a high degree in its structure. There was and is plen
by VBprogrammer 6y ago
I don't think it's particularly dramatic. The Boeing 787 is the first airliner to really use composites to a high degree in its structure. There was and is plenty of controversy around it's lightening protection design. For example https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-engineers-objected-to-boeings-removal-of-some-787-lightning-protection-measures/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-e...
It's also been controversial in small aircraft like the Cirrus SR22, for example complete failure of the radios and / or electric systems due to static buildup on the airframe.
I'd say it's far from a solved problem.
- _-___________-_ 6y agoIt is literally a solved problem at this point. You solve it by providing electrical pathways within the structure, which is what is done in the 787 and other composite-hulled aircraft, and these aircraft regularly get struck by lightning with no issues. I am not deeply familiar with the SR22, but if they are having those issues I guess they didn't implement the well-known solutions, or didn't implement them properly.