static wick

static wick
A device for discharging into the air static electricity accumulated on aircraft control surfaces. It is made up of hundreds of cotton fibers impregnated with graphite. A flexible wick projects behind the trailing edges of the control surfaces and discharges electricity through these fibers. See static discharge.

Aviation dictionary. 2014.

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