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Am I the only one who tried using a plastic scraper on a composite panel and watched the static spark?
I was cleaning a small section of a winglet on a 737 last week, and a tiny blue arc jumped from the scraper to the panel, which made me realize my shop's anti-static procedures for composite work might be a bit too casual, so what's your shop's actual protocol for this?
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troystone2mo ago
Yikes, that static can fry the hidden sensors!
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jessec352mo ago
Forget the sensors, that static could wipe the whole memory bank.
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the_sarah29d ago
Jump right into feeling like everything's held together with tape and luck these days. @troystone knows exactly what I mean, it's like my old truck where the check engine light has been on for so long it's basically a decoration. You just learn to ignore the small stuff until it actually breaks down. Same thing with that cheap office fan I got, the motor buzzes like it's about to throw sparks, but it still blows air so who cares. People get way too worked up about a little risk until something actually fails.
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