Quote:
Originally Posted by jbjb
I'm afraid that's not right. A Faraday cage works because the charge on a hollow conductor distributes itself around the outside of that conductor in such a way as to result in no net electric field within the conductor. No ground connection is required for this.
/JB
|
If that were the case, then why do pilots fly hundreds of miles out of their path to avoid electrical storms, and why do planes have dissipators, to eliminate the buildup of charges that might attract lightening? It is these two things that prevent lightening strike related crashes, not a Faraday effect.