I currently run (2) big engines, a P-180 in a modified C-A Eurosport and a Pegaus NL on a KingCat.....
I fly off grass about 75% of the time.......asphalt, the rest of the time.....

After reading about the static issues at WJM 2005, I have run both these turbines in the dark at full throttle and never saw any spark or corona around the fuel lines, both Tygon and clear PE tubing, at least not with the aircraft not moving......I have also bench run a new Olympus NL that is going into my UltraBandit, and similarly, no sparks seen.....

With about 250 total flights logged on the big motors since early 2005, zero flameouts........never miss a start....never flameout.......

I am not questioning the anecdotal reports of getting shocks from planes while the motor is running or other forms of static electricity like corona around fuel lines others have seen, just that I personally have not seen these issues.......in the last 4 years, I have had 2 in-the-air flameouts, both brain-fart related.....forgot to re-fuel..........

After 7 years of flying turbines with Tygon and Clear PE tubing, without wrapping my ECU and RX in tinfoil, I see no urgent need to change based upon information available to me at this time.....


Tom