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Old November 14th 17, 09:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default correction to strike protection

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:18:11 -0800, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 9:00:08 AM UTC-8, Jim White wrote:
At 16:15 14 November 2017, john firth wrote:
Apologies to the BGA for attributing to them, the suggestion of
inserting non conducting sections in a control rod.
Apparently this came from Schleicher, who have probably rethought the

idea
as being unhelpful.
Yes , non conducting complete control rods will help, unless you have
a carbon spar.

JMF

Would it help to wear a bobbit?


or a flame suit?


or a nicely polished suit of armour over a thermally insulated coverall.


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