And we both know that the "small metallic stripes" are there to conduct
lightning strikes from the epoxy to the metal airframe. Ever seen a radome
that takes a REAL lightning pop that goes through the epoxy before it gets
to the metal stripes? The sucker looks like it had a huge popcorn kernel
under the skin.

Jim


All good points Jim.

Larger aircraft radomes have lightning deverter strips installed on
the outside of the glass. What I'm talking about is metalic paint
trim stripes. We try and keep all metallics off of the radomes
because it will attenuate the signal if it is anyway near the signal
path. The radome on the tail also has diverters. Their placement is
engineered to be out of the way of the signal.

Don