[GeoStL] Re: GPS survives 16,000 Gs
- From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:13:10 -0600
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Thanks Bernie. I wasn't aware of that.
Gale
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From: "Bernie" <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS survives 16,000 Gs
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> Gale, call Garmin. They make a little kit that the will send you for =
> free
> to fix the shut off problem when bumped. Bernie
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> Subject: [GeoStL] GPS survives 16,000 Gs
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> 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
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> http://tinyurl.com/26w6h9
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