[ARC5] [Milsurplus] RAK RAL Shipping

[Scott Robinson]

Hi David,

HOw stiff the packing needs to be depends on the weight of the article 
being protected. Light pieces use soft padding, heavy pieces harder stuff.

You can get custom foamed-in-place work done fro about $60/box, and that 
will work fine.

Peace,

Scott

On 12/28/17 10:35 AM, David Stinson wrote:
> I'm sorry, guys, but I just cannot wrap my head
> around that stiff blue wallboard being an
> effective shock absorber.  I'd like to see some
> valid studies on that.  Pack a radio in a box with
> that stiff blue board, put an accelerometer on one
> side and smack the other with a weight.  See how
> much shock energy is transmitted through the box
> and therefore, through the radio.  Do the same
> with the same radio in a box more conventionally
> packed and I think one would see a lot of that
> shock energy absorbed in compressing the much more
> "compressible" material like AirPack.
>   If it works for you, God bless you.  I just can't
> bring myself to trust it.
> 
> 73 Dave S.
> 
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