popeyethewelder Posted July 22, 2006 Report Posted July 22, 2006 lol.. ive been waiting for sparhawk etc etc to turn up and start on you lol.. you may have given them some ammo with the steptoe bit lol..as if he would... Quote
Disco_Bison Posted July 22, 2006 Report Posted July 22, 2006 They were all the country yesterday, made it a very busy morning at work Quote
Sand-Yeti Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 It probably isn't a good idea to fly a kite in an electric storm. We don't get them that often here (probably one every 3 years). Does anyone fly kites in electric storms in the UK? What are the risks? Surely the dyneema line wouldn't transmit the thousands of volts associated with lightning after all it is like insulation material although lightning would pass through it more easily than air. I saw old sketches of Michael Faraday trying to catch ligtning in a bottle by flying a kite. I think he used a bunch of keys at the end of the line. I believe many scientific explorers were electrocuted trying to catch lightning. Personally, I avoid electric storms having had some hairy experiences in the mountains back home in Switzerland. Sand-Yeti Quote
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