I would assume that was what was so great about the Norden bomb sight our side had during the war. Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:43 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source > You are correct. Now a military technical question(Never been in service). > Didn't the bomb sights tie into a navagational computer which allowed > for altitude and aircraft's forward air speed in order to compensate for > those factors? > Phil > > Philip Bader > Jan Phyl TV Inc. > "Confounding the wise since 1976" > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 > Fax (863) 299-8821 > email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > personal/ alt. email: pbader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > see our ad at: > http://jan-phyl-television-pc-monitor-service.9601288257006.worldpages-ads.com/ > > > > Hoyt's TV wrote: > >>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 >>> >>> >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >>>engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>>Set Vacation >>>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >>engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>Set Vacation >>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/