- Gale, call Garmin. They make a little kit that the will send you for = free to fix the shut off problem when bumped. Bernie -----Original Message----- From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gale R. Nie Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:40 PM To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GeoStL] GPS survives 16,000 Gs - I was watching Future Weapons on the Military Channel tonight. They had = a GPS-guided artillery shell called Excalibur they subjected to 16,000 Gs = in a test firing, which is twice as much as it will be subjected to in a real-world situation. The electronics survived the firing and it = performed flawlessly. They fired one shell at a target 22 km away but instead of firing straight at the target, it was shot 4 miles off course, about a = 15=B0 offset. During it's 90 second flight, the shell corrected it's flight = and hit within 2 yards of the target. I just wish my etrex wouldn't shut = off when it receives a slight bump.=20 Here's a couple links with info on it. http://tinyurl.com/zdqld http://tinyurl.com/26w6h9 =20 **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from = this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching=20 Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw --=20 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/694 - Release Date: = 2/20/2007 1:44 PM **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw