[Amps] Good engineering...More Car Computer Horror Stories

[Carl]

It was called a syncronizer from what Ive read.

Carl
KM1H



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>
> Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote:
>> Uh, yeah. 100 watts power out. To what kind of antenna, mounted where, 
>> with
>> how much gain, in what direction... ?
>>
>> This all reminds me, perversely, of the early WW I fighter planes, where
>> they initially mounted a machine gun in front of the pilot's cockpit --  
>> so
>> it had to shoot through the propeller. They actually did that. When a
>> sufficient number of planes crashed because of having their propellers 
>> shot
>> off by their own pilots,
> Actually the fix was called an interrupter that prevented the  gun from
> firing while lined up with a prop blade.
> The problem was discovered right away..probably the first time they test
> fired it.
>
> Yes, some one did try armor plating that section of prop but it was not
> considered successful.
>> the "re-engineering" of this problem was to place a
>> layer of steel armor on the inside of the propeller blades. This 
>> brilliant
>> solution, besides degrading the plane's performance somewhat, did in fact
>> REDUCE the number of planes crashed as a result of their propellers being
>> shot off by their pilots. Brilliant! This solution was deemed acceptable 
>> for
>> some time, until some enterprising fellow (forget which side he was on)
>> invented an interlocking mechanism that allowed the gun to shoot only 
>> during
>> those portions of the propeller's rotation when it was not in the line of
>> fire...
>>
> Which was early on.  They didn't shoot down a whole lot of planes
> although those stories continue to circulate.
>
>> Point is, people will typically do as little as possible toward solving a
>> problem if the risks posed by the problem are deemed acceptable in terms 
>> of
>> cost -- 
> Point is back then they didn't know any better. We are after  all
> talking cutting edge technology for those days.
> They didn't even have parachutes.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> in dollars or even, as above, in lives. Things haven't changed much.
>> Greed and the callous willingness to disregard the safety of OTHER people
>> (not oneself, of course) tend to trump people's sense of social
>> responsibility, if any. Interestingly enough, the people most likely to
>> manifest this disregard are the same people who tend to rise to the level 
>> of
>> decision-making power. Funny how that works.
>>
>> Bill W5WVO
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Gary Smith" <wa6fgi at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:29 AM
>> To: "Randall, Randy" <Randy.Randall at healthall.com>; "'Carl'"
>> <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; "'Rob Stampfli'" <rob at cboh.org>; 
>> <amps at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Good engineering...More Car Computer Horror Stories
>>
>>
>>> I have in my files a very nice letter from Toyota stating that it was 
>>> okay
>>> with running up to 100 W Po in my `09 Scion. Can make it available upon
>>> request with my address redacted should anyone be interested.
>>> Gary...wa6fgi
>>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>  From: Randall, Randy
>>>  To: 'Carl' ; 'Rob Stampfli' ; amps at contesting.com
>>>  Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:21 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [Amps] Good engineering...More Car Computer Horror Stories
>>>
>>>
>>>  Sounds like they still are!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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