3 ms·
The article was pretty sparse on how it was done technically and the video completely skips over it. It just shows slow motion of it working but (and I skipped
by joshstrange 3y ago
The article was pretty sparse on how it was done technically and the video completely skips over it. It just shows slow motion of it working but (and I skipped around a tiny bit but I think I got all the actual talking, there is only so much slow motion of the same thing over and over I can stand) never actually explains the mechanism.
Sidenote, I'm sure they took all the needed safety precautions but it sure seemed like they were standing in front of the gun barrel in a few shots which made me super anxious. I knew nothing was going to happen (since it was posted on YouTube) but it just felt felt dangerous.
- fsckboy 3y ago> I'm sure they took all the needed safety precautions no they didn't, one of the most prominent advocates working on this problem was killed by a ricochet. let me see if I can find it...
- sakjur 3y agoI think the comment you’re replying to refers to the Slow Mo Guys when they did their experiment and hopefully you’re talking about the aviation engineers during the war and not YouTubers. I’d be interesting to hear more about the advocate you’re talking about, early-in-field professionals are so often fascinating.
- WJW 3y agoIt's just a lever holding back the firing pin until the propellor is past a certain point even if the trigger is actuated. One of those brilliant inventions that is trivial if you know the secret but very tricky to discover if you don't.
- __loam 3y agoWe should celebrate simple elegance more than rampant complexity.
- alanbernstein 3y agoIt’s conceptually simple, but it does introduce a coupling between the drivetrain and the weapon, which presumably wasn’t necessary previously. I wonder how much engineering went into managing that.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- WalterBright 3y agoThe lever was pushed by a cam on the propeller shaft.