[TechAssist] Bombs, Bombadiers et al..
- From: "Damon" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:00:46 -0500
Wasn't that bomb also called the "Rolling Betty"? Or Betsy?
Damon B
Telrad Electronics
Fort Wayne IN
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From: "Barry Thompson" <barrystv@xxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:59 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source
> Anyone seen that 2nd world war movie called the "Dambusters"? They bounce
a
> round bomb off of the water taking out all the dams in Germany.True story.
> Barrys TV
> Ottawa Ontario
> Canada
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> From: "Damon" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:57 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source
>
>
> > If that's the case, we should have manufactured "square" bombs for
maximum
> > wind friction, but we would have lost accuracy....you really want a bomb
> > unaffected by wind resistance/air currents.
> >
> > Damon B
> > Telrad Electronics
> > Fort Wayne IN
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> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:57 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source
> >
> >
> >> Your side of the argument sounds more reasonable to me...
> >>
> >> I guess that's why he's teaching physics at a shipyard and not at MIT.
> >> The bomb has the same velocity as the aircraft at the time of release
> >> and then
> >> will quicky slow down due to wind friction ( and probably by design
> >> too). The concept is
> >> more or less the same as an artillery shell trajectory. In the aircraft
> >> case the "muzzle velocity" is much slower.
> >>
> >> Jim Mcvey
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Hoyt's TV <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:30 am
> >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source
> >>
> >> > OK I'll start something here.
> >> > When I was teaching electronics at the local shipyard, I got in an
> >> > argument
> >> > with the apprentice program's science (physics) teacher about
> >> > dropping
> >> > bombs. He said they will hit what is directly below the plane at
> >> > the time of
> >> > release. I of course took a different view. I said they don't lose
> >> > their
> >> > forward momentum instantly at the time of release, so they will hit
> >> > somewhere ahead of there depending on altitude and wind friction.
> >> >
> >> > He was also my supervisor, so I couldn't win, or even pursue it as
> >> > I would
> >> > have liked.
> >> >
> >> > Russ Hoyt
> >> > Hoyt's TV
> >> > Exeter, NH
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: <Magma4592@xxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:07 PM
> >> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > The belt thing works perfect. Absolutely will not change the
> >> > speed. The
> >> > > idler transfers motion at a 1 to 1 ratio to the platter. The
> >> > idler could
> >> > > be
> >> > > twice the size and the speed would be the same .Think about it,
> >> > if the
> >> > > pulley was
> >> > > 1 inch in circumference and it made one turn it would move one
> >> > inch of
> >> > > the
> >> > > idlers outer circumference and that one inch is transferred
> >> > directly to
> >> > > the
> >> > > platter no matter what size the idler is. The only thing that
> >> > would
> >> > > change is
> >> > > the speed at which the idler turns. If the idler was 1 inch
> >> > then it
> >> > > would
> >> > > turn once for every turn of the pulley if the idler was 2 inches
in
> >> > > circumference it would make half of a turn for every turn of the
> >> > pulley
> >> > > but it would
> >> > > still transfer the same 1 inch to the platter. Believe me, I
> >> > have won
> >> > > money on
> >> > > this one with new tech's who have worked for me over the years.
> >> > And I
> >> > > think
> >> > > the belt thing is a lot easier, faster and less expensive than
> >> > getting a
> >> > > new
> >> > > one.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Mike W.
> >> > > A.M. stereo & video
> >> > > Seattle WA.
> >> > > 206 364 5904
> >> > >
> >> > >
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