Case Study - Bespoke Structure for Lightning-strike Trials

***THE CHALLENGE:*** BAE Systems required a structure to conduct lightning-strike trials on the Nimrod PA03. This was to be the largest ever lightning-strike test on a fully fuelled aeroplane. ***OUR SOLUTION:*** Boldman devised a bespoke, large-scale aluminium profile structure of a sufficient size to cope with the size of an aeroplane as large as the Nimrod – which was unprecedented in aeroplane testing at the time. The structure used over 5000m of aluminium profile. ***RESULTS:*** The structure that Boldman designed, manufactured and installed played a major part in the total success of the trials, which provided essential analysis for the aircraft’s engineers throughout the world.