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RST Engineering wrote:
> It is a hell of a lot easier to solder a 100K-1Meg resistor to a solder lug
> with very short leads, clip the other end of the resistor short and either
> file the open end to a point or solder a sewing pin end to the open end to
> give that sharp point. Shrink sleeve the whole works except for a tiny bit
> of the pin tip and the area where you are going to put a screw through the
> solder lug to electrically attach it to the airframe.
>
> Works out to about two cents of material per wick. Google past issues of
> Kitplanes; I wrote this up the better part of fifteen years ago or so.
Jim,
Question: Why do you need the resistor? Since you want to get rid of
charge, why not just a sharp piece of wire?
Matt
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Re: static wicks
