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07-16-2010 | 11:59 PM

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olnico

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RE: delete

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Hello
Ground the jets before touching them! =)

When a jet is flying, it's hitting air molecules... it's rubbing against the air in other words.
When you fuel a jet, fuel is rubbing against tubes.
The turbine sucks fuel from the tanks, again the fuel is rubbing against tubes.

http://www.experimentalaircraft.info...efueling-1.php
http://www.forensicexp-vojvodina.org...lectricity.pdf

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It is reasonable to assume that an aircraft can acquire a charge of one million Volt or more, which it shares with the passengers inside the aircraft. [1]

For safety purposes, make sure you ground the jet and all the parts that can charge with static electricity (be it positive or negative), before touching it, well you dont have to touch the jet to make some sparks, just go close enough.
Also make sure you are grounded!
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Static-Electricity (point 7 is interesting)

Static electricity can set the jet on fire, the tank can explode, you can get electroshocked, burned, killed.

No one knows how it happened... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVMJBLy-UU

P.S. this thread should get sticked...

Read more: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_98...#ixzz0tud2Dtyl

Is it April the first ?

Our jets cannot accumulate enough static electricity to trigger a fire. Mostly because they are made or electrically inert material. I think that the author of this thread is mixing up real aviation ( aluminium planes ) with hobby ( wood, fiber, foam planes )...

The only problem with static electricity in very specific cases ( very dry and dusty environment ) is the ECU watchdog triggering that might result in a flameout.

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