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Old March 24th 07, 04:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Morgans[_2_]
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Default Static Discharge


"Jim Macklin" wrote

The term is capacitor. Most plastic has an anti-static
coating and plastic airplanes have conductive elements
built-in.

Franklin must have said it, the key to electricity is ,
ouch!


You know, the electricity is not what usually hurts me, though.

It is losing all of the skin off my knuckles, when I get jolted, and
involuntarily try to remove my hand from behind the panel, or from in ...
(insert your favorite location where your hand is when it gets shocked) far
too rapidly!

Same thing goes with being on a ladder and getting shocked. The shock will
not hurt nearly as much as falling off of the ten foot ladder you are
standing on, but it is hard to remember that, at the time it happens! g
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Jim in NC