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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > ----------- >> > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through >> > search >> > > engines. 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