[TechAssist] Re: Phono Idler tire source

  • From: Barry Thompson <barrystv@xxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:59:10 -0500

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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> 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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