Ok....I am sitting watching tv and seen this show about the old school fighter planes like the Tiger Shark which has the machine gun in the line of fire with the propeller. So how does the propeller not get f'd up??
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i don't understand exactly how, but there was a method of timing that ensured the bullets would through the prop arc when there were no propeller blades intersecting with the path of the bullets
theres a machine that makes it only fire in the split second while the propeller isn't in front of it.
It really is totally crazy, that machinery.
The machine gun is timed to fire in between the rotations of the propeller.
Yup. Invented in WWI, IIRC.Miguel Diaz wrote:
theres a machine that makes it only fire in the split second while the propeller isn't in front of it.
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
Amazing invention for that time period IMO. Don't really see anything as exciting as that as frequently nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupter_gear
Last edited by argo4 (2008-02-23 21:23:21)
Interesting factoid. That's real risky, nonetheless.
Yeah, pretty much what everyone else said.
A Relative of Gaylord Fokker i presume?nukchebi0 wrote:
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
"You may not karma the same person in a 24 hour period."David.P wrote:
A Relative of Gaylord Fokker i presume?nukchebi0 wrote:
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
goddamnit
what about a Chinooks blades? That shits risky, I saw something on engineering disasters...
A chinooks blades pass in between each other, however, they used to clean the engines out with almond dust (almond i think)
anywho, the almond dust from the ground up almonds got clogged in the oil thing, so the gears started grinding, so the blades got out of time, and the started WHACKING TOGETHER RIPPING THE BLADES APART...
long story short the Chinook was bladeless at 10,000 feet... everyone died...
edit: im probably wrong on the 10,000 feet thing... bad memory on that specific vertical altitude from Modern Marvels...
A chinooks blades pass in between each other, however, they used to clean the engines out with almond dust (almond i think)
anywho, the almond dust from the ground up almonds got clogged in the oil thing, so the gears started grinding, so the blades got out of time, and the started WHACKING TOGETHER RIPPING THE BLADES APART...
long story short the Chinook was bladeless at 10,000 feet... everyone died...
edit: im probably wrong on the 10,000 feet thing... bad memory on that specific vertical altitude from Modern Marvels...
Last edited by GodFather (2008-02-23 22:47:13)
Um.... aren't they also at different heights?GodFather wrote:
what about a Chinooks blades? That shits risky, I saw something on engineering disasters...
A chinooks blades pass in between each other, however, they used to clean the engines out with almond dust (almond i think)
anywho, the almond dust from the ground up almonds got clogged in the oil thing, so the gears started grinding, so the blades got out of time, and the started WHACKING TOGETHER RIPPING THE BLADES APART...
long story short the Chinook was bladeless at 10,000 feet... everyone died...
that could've been before, though... not sure...
EE (hats
I know it sucks doesn't it? And i pray that chuy will bring karma over to trackr.Miguel Diaz wrote:
"You may not karma the same person in a 24 hour period."David.P wrote:
A Relative of Gaylord Fokker i presume?nukchebi0 wrote:
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
goddamnit
GodFather wrote:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/2-1988%20G-BWFC.pdf
page 10 - - -
read for more info if youd like
Well, I guess I stand corrected.report wrote:
According to the manufacturers, the two rotor discs, which are vertically sperated, intermesh at low air speeds and when certain control inputs are made at higher speeds.
EE (hats
hehe, it looks like it though... from the pix i meanMorpheus1229 wrote:
GodFather wrote:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/2-1988%20G-BWFC.pdf
page 10 - - -
read for more info if youd likeWell, I guess I stand corrected.report wrote:
According to the manufacturers, the two rotor discs, which are vertically sperated, intermesh at low air speeds and when certain control inputs are made at higher speeds.
Before the invention of the interupter gear the back of the popeller was fitter with a splitter, basically like a metal door wedge, which would cause the bullets to ricochet to the left or right of the propeller to avoid it getting shot.nukchebi0 wrote:
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
This.nukchebi0 wrote:
There is an interrupter gear that connects the propeller and the machine gun. It interrupts the gun when the propeller crosses the line of fire.
As Poseidon said, it was invented in World War I by Anthony Fokker.
It's not timed, it's mechanical.
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