6 Nov
2018
6 Nov
'18
4:22 a.m.
Hi Jeffrey,
thanks for your answer and recollections on the famous hammer test ;-)
hangar. I was mesmerized as two weights were released
from two chains
on opposite sides of the machine as it was running. The two weights
There is a youtube video showing some of the testing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oOgYklBklc
..but the hammer is not hitting the device under test directly, but
it is hitting a big steel plate where the device is mounted to (indeed
simulating a submarine in harsh "conditions")...
up the Liberty bell, or crashed a VW into a lightpole.
The machine
continued to function!
Yes, lot of metal inside those Rolms. Although all Aluminium, they
are veeery heavy and I always wondered how many of them also have
been used in airborne applications, where weight is an issue ;-)
Best wishes,
Erik.