RST Engineering wrote:

static wick. You can make one out of a solder lug, a high value resistor,
and a pinpoint for less than a penny if you google my KitPlanes article on
the subject.

However, for aircraft less than 200 knots cruise speed, it isn't a problem.

There are some occasions where it is. I flew my Skylane in cold, dry
snow once and got so much static that the comm radio was completely
useless. Installed the wicks a short time later and never had that
problem again.

The 182 is much slower than 200 knots and I never had a problem other
that in fairly dry (cold) snow.


Matt