[ARC5] ARB Modifications

Gene Smar ersmar at verizon.net
Fri Nov 2 19:09:19 EDT 2012


...Like firing a VW Beetle 20 miles through the air!


73 de
Gene Ssmar  AD3F



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
To: "Michael A. Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications


> Battleship big guns fire shells weighing tons, not 70 pounds. The casings
> are about 16" OD and 4-5 feet high. And that's just the projectile.
> 
> -John
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>> That's one for the Myth Busters.  Thanks for the nice link that explains
>> the whole battleship-moving-sideways story.  Mike, W6MAB
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Geoff
>>   To: Michael A. Bittner ; kgordon2006 at frontier.com ; Tim ; Ian Wilson
>>   Cc: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>   Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 1:19 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications
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>>   Not even 1.5" in reality even with a 15 gun battleship broadside.
>>   http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-022.htm
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>>   > Not likely any ricebox can survive the MIL-S-901 hammer blow test.
>> But
>>   > then, you are not firing guns from your shack that move it 15 feet
>>   > sideways.
>>   > Mike, W6MAB
>>   >  ----- Original Message -----
>>   >  From: Kenneth G. Gordon
>>   >  To: Tim ; Ian Wilson
>>   >  Cc: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>   >  Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:39 PM
>>   >  Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications
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