4 Oct
2005
4 Oct
'05
4:25 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I am told, BTW, that several radar operates in planes
in the last war
were killed when the plane had a heavy landing, the radar display CRT
imploded, and they were litterally shot in the face by bits of the
electron gun.
Not something I'd heard before - but I can certainly believe that; such
displays tend to be pretty large in diameter and of course are
flat-faced so must be naturally pretty weak toward the centre of the face.
It's not much diffeerent to an explosion. The
gl;ass collapses inwards,
but it doesn't when it gets to the middle. It carries on, and flies all
over the place.
Ouch! I presume most of the blast goes backwards though where the glass
is thinner. (It's interesting speculating about all of this - it's not a
topic I've seen crop up on the list before now)
cheers
Jules