I also heard the "crosshair" was highly desired by the enemy....wonder if they built those with a self-destruct mech? Damon B Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source > 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.c om/ > > > > > > > > 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. 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