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Plane hit by lightning. *animated gif*
- Thread starter Mentalist
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As an aviation enthusiast I know why.
Since the shell of a commercial airliner and infact almost all planes are made up of aluminium, lightning is conducted along the frame very efficiently.
Lightning will hit a plane usually at one of the points: tail, wings, nose and exit at an oppisite point. Thats called Gauss's law I believe.
You can see that clearly happening in the gif.
There are also static wicks on airplanes that attract static electricity the plane builds up and dissipate it into the air (airplanes can cause lightning not just be a directed point for it) if lightning does hit an airplane it will most likley go through the wicks on the wings and not be directed through the interior.
Still a pretty scary thing to go through and it has caused rare fatal aircrashes before.
Since the shell of a commercial airliner and infact almost all planes are made up of aluminium, lightning is conducted along the frame very efficiently.
Lightning will hit a plane usually at one of the points: tail, wings, nose and exit at an oppisite point. Thats called Gauss's law I believe.
You can see that clearly happening in the gif.
There are also static wicks on airplanes that attract static electricity the plane builds up and dissipate it into the air (airplanes can cause lightning not just be a directed point for it) if lightning does hit an airplane it will most likley go through the wicks on the wings and not be directed through the interior.
Still a pretty scary thing to go through and it has caused rare fatal aircrashes before.
Ishcabittle
New member
Why does it flash twice, I wonder?
MessengerX
New member
I was just about to ask the same thing.
MessengerX
New member
Who cares if it blew up? It looks very cool.
Dr Fuckofff
New member
It won't burn the plane, of course. However, electronics inside is most likely to get fucked up, totally. With all tehse antennas under the belly and on top...
whisky
Boobie inspector
Lightning is always a double flash, one from the air to the ground, and again from the ground back to the air, it happens so fast the human eye usually just sees it as one flash.
Considering video usually captures 55 frames a second and the flashes were three frames appart, you can tell how fast this double strike is.
Considering video usually captures 55 frames a second and the flashes were three frames appart, you can tell how fast this double strike is.
