by Allen | Feb 1, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
On a recent flight from NYC to Las Vegas, a Delta Airlines airplane was struck by lightning. The pilots decided to continue flying to Las Vegas and only after they landed did they realize the enormous hole in the radome. As you can see in the following video, the radome appears to be protected with solid metal bar diverters. It appears the lightning entered near the center of the radome, in front of the diverters....
by Allen | Jan 23, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
WXGuard is proud to sponsor the 2011 International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity in Oxford UK! Please visit www.icolse.org for more information on this terrific event....
by Allen | Jan 16, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
Lightning strikes to the nose of an aircraft are pretty common occurrences. Lightning tends to attach initially to the extremities of the aircraft. However, the big currents that flow through the lightning channel can happen much later. As you will see in the attached video, a Boeing 767 had an initial lightning attachment to the nose of the aircraft but the big current pulses didn’t occur until the lightning channel was well past the cockpit. This aircraft has burn marks that extend about 15 feet down the right side of the...
by Allen | Jan 7, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
The largest commercial passenger aircraft is not immune from lightning. In fact, due to its size it should trigger more lightning strikes. Take a look at this passenger video of a lightning strike to an Airbus A380 wingtip. Below the video are a couple stills showing the high voltage leaders emanating from the tip of the winglet and the forward corner of the wing. This is a textbook lightning attachment....
by Allen | Jan 5, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
Great new video of a high current lightning test to a carbon fiber panel protected with copper foil.
by Allen | Jan 4, 2011 | Lightning Protection |
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by Allen | Dec 28, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Video of an aircraft getting struck by lightning is extremely rare. The chances of recording an aircraft taking a strike while flying through a rainbow is one in a billion, maybe trillion. Take a look at these video from San Diego, CA that were recorded on December 22,...
by Allen | Dec 22, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
It doesn’t happen often but lightning can occur during snow storms. As seen in this video from Bangor, Northern Ireland, there were numerous lightning strikes during a sizable snow storm. It doesn’t matter if it summer or winter, if you hear thunder it is time to get...
by Allen | Dec 16, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
The following video highlights the effect lightning strikes can have on the power grid. A lightning strike occurs in the far distance causing lightning voltages and currents to travel down the power lines. Eventually the lightning finds a weak point and takes out a nearby power pole transformer. What an explosion! Now you know why your lights go out during thunderstorm...
by Allen | Dec 10, 2010 | Lightning Protection |
Check out this video from National Geographic re-enacting a lightning strike which seriously injured 5 hikers while climbing Half Dome. Climbing high peaks during a lightning storm is serious business. If you feel your skin tingle and the hair stand on end you need to get to safety...
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