Well you're correct, the bombadier's targeting crosshairs were adjusted for windage, vehicle speed, and altitude, which obviously means that momentum had to be taken into account. Damon B Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 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 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > 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/