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I wonder how far you could take this concept? A box that only opens under exactly 8Gs of force? Should be easy with an appropriate sized spring and weight. A
by tlrobinson 7y ago
I wonder how far you could take this concept?
A box that only opens under exactly 8Gs of force? Should be easy with an appropriate sized spring and weight.
A box that only opens in zero gravity? Not sure how you'd accomplish that.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoDrop it and it will open in free-fall given enough time for the mechanism to react.
- tlrobinson 7y agoFor a bonus challenge it should also require some sort of manual manipulation while it's in free-fall. Then your options are pretty much sky diving, in space, or a parabolic flight path.
- mlonkibjuyhv 7y agoDo note that falling at terminal velocity is not free fall.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoNo, but it's generally close enough for most purposes. Especially for a small object with little wind resistance.
- skykooler 7y agoFor a box to only open in zero G, you could have weighted pins in all 6 directions, pulled back by very weak springs. In normal gravity, whichever pin(s) are "down" will extend and lock it. It would have to be in very low gravity for enough time for the pins to retract to unlock.