Aircraft, lightning protection system and method of providing lightning protection

摘要

The invention relates inter alia to an aircraft (10), comprising at least one electromotive drive (24a, 24b) and a controller (33, 33a, 33b), wherein the aircraft with the aid of the controller can permanently maintain a set flight position, said in his Flight device is connected via a cable assembly (13) to a ground station (11), wherein the cable assembly comprises at least two electrical conductors (27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f, 27g) for providing a power supply for the drive, the aircraft has a lightning protection device (34a, 34b, 34c), which protects the controller and / or the drive and / or other electronic components of the aircraft from lightning strikes, wherein the cable assembly has a total cross section of the electrical conductors, the forwarding of high, by Lightning strikes caused electrical currents from the aircraft (10) to the ground station (11) ht, and wherein the cable assembly is connected in the area of the ground station with a lightning-transfer point (16) in the soil (15).