Donation form Martin Hog
Ciarán Eaton
Also, he says he visited the space a year or so ago with a similar donation during which he accidentally left a box of "Flight Log Spools", so if anyone has seen them he'd be grateful if they were still about but understands that there's a very good chance they got skipped.
Adrian Godwin
high voltage capacitors still around ? Quite a few uses for them in
high voltage power supplies and spot welding, which seems to be
interesting people at the moment.
I think I saw the box of flight log spools somewhere near the
stratasys not that long ago.
-adrian
Mark Steward
Mark Steward
Sci
Ooooh, thing with dials and meters! <3
My curiosity is piqued. :3
Particularly by the "synchros" box. I doubt it's gearbox synchomesh
parts, so anyone want to say what that actually means?
Also TNC connectors are the same sort widely used on WIFI antennas
aren't they? Since there's ham radio gear likely coming into the space,
would we be able to set up a mast on the roof? I'm imagining something
with neon letters down the side; "LHS - 2.4Ghz"
Monty
interface and was forced to send an actual email for a change. Thanks
On Jan 27, 11:21 pm, Mark Steward <markstew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And yes, it seems there are problems posting in the old Google Groups.
> Please use the following address if you're not using email:
>
> http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/london-hack-space
>
> Mark
>
Nigel Worsley
And what looks like an expensive military style multipole bayonet connecter on it. I would be fairly surprised if one of the
boxes doesn't have the mating plugs in it somewhere.
> My curiosity is piqued. :3
Mine too, I have no idea what that box could be used for!
> Particularly by the "synchros" box. I doubt it's gearbox synchomesh
> parts, so anyone want to say what that actually means?
Yes, it will be these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchro
Connect two together and feed them with AC, any mechanical input on one is duplicated on the other, and vise versa - which means
that you get force feedback throught the link..Really cool stuff, a bit old fashioned but they still have many uses.
> Also TNC connectors are the same sort widely used on WIFI antennas aren't they?
No, those are usually a variety of SMA, TNCs are identical to BNCs except that the locking collar is screwed on instead of
a bayonet action.
> would we be able to set up a mast on the roof?
Not if the lanlords have any say in the matter :(
Nigle
Jasper Wallace
> > Ooooh, thing with dials and meters! <3
>
> And what looks like an expensive military style multipole bayonet connecter on
> it. I would be fairly surprised if one of the
> boxes doesn't have the mating plugs in it somewhere.
yes, there are several milspec multipole connectors in the vairous boxes.
The big box with the dials is test kit for some Decca navigation kit
> > My curiosity is piqued. :3
>
> Mine too, I have no idea what that box could be used for!
>
> > Particularly by the "synchros" box. I doubt it's gearbox synchomesh
> > parts, so anyone want to say what that actually means?
>
> Yes, it will be these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchro
>
> Connect two together and feed them with AC, any mechanical input on one is
> duplicated on the other, and vise versa - which means
> that you get force feedback throught the link..Really cool stuff, a bit old
> fashioned but they still have many uses.
Most of the things in that box appear to be those, there are some things
labeled "servo" and some other oddoties, all are very well made.
> > Also TNC connectors are the same sort widely used on WIFI antennas aren't
> > they?
>
> No, those are usually a variety of SMA, TNCs are identical to BNCs except that
> the locking collar is screwed on instead of
> a bayonet action.
There are loads of nbc/coax bits in the boxes, of many different types.
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Charles Yarnold
Sci
>> Ooooh, thing with dials and meters! <3
>
> And what looks like an expensive military style multipole bayonet
> connecter on it. I would be fairly surprised if one of the
> boxes doesn't have the mating plugs in it somewhere.
>
>> My curiosity is piqued. :3
>
> Mine too, I have no idea what that box could be used for!
>
>> Particularly by the "synchros" box. I doubt it's gearbox synchomesh
>> parts, so anyone want to say what that actually means?
>
> Yes, it will be these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchro
>
> Connect two together and feed them with AC, any mechanical input on one
> is duplicated on the other, and vise versa - which means
> that you get force feedback throught the link..Really cool stuff, a bit
> old fashioned but they still have many uses.
Very interesting. Certainly sounds like it's all radio & triangulation
related then?
Sounds like when sorting it should have some folk present with radio
experience so no gems get overlooked.
>> Also TNC connectors are the same sort widely used on WIFI antennas
>> aren't they?
>
> No, those are usually a variety of SMA, TNCs are identical to BNCs
> except that the locking collar is screwed on instead of
> a bayonet action.
>
>> would we be able to set up a mast on the roof?
>
> Not if the lanlords have any say in the matter :(
Maybe a tethered balloon? :/
Sci
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012, Nigel Worsley wrote:
>
>>> Ooooh, thing with dials and meters! <3
>>
>> And what looks like an expensive military style multipole bayonet connecter on
>> it. I would be fairly surprised if one of the
>> boxes doesn't have the mating plugs in it somewhere.
>
> yes, there are several milspec multipole connectors in the vairous boxes.
>
> The big box with the dials is test kit for some Decca navigation kit
And if we're not allowed an antenna, I'm guessing a full radome is out
of the question then? :(
Nigel Worsley
No, it was clear from Martin Hog's previous donation that his background was in aviation. The main use for synchros in that
field that I know of is for the artificial horizon, this needs gyros that are rather too bulky to integrate into the dashboard so
synchros are used to link them to the display section. They are probably used for the compass too, which I assume would be
mounted on the same platform as the gyros, this would also allow the compass to be shown on an almost vertical panel instead
of having to be horizontal.
This is all out of date in the digital generation, but many private aircraft are decades old and certification requrements can mean
that what we consider to be really cheap technology either isn't allowed to be used or has had a couple of noughts added to
the price.
Nigle
Sci
Ah, understood. How small are these synchros then? I may pop in tomorrow
to have a gander and help sort if I'm qualified to. :)
Adrian Godwin
> On 28/01/2012 02:06, Nigel Worsley wrote:
>>
>> This is all out of date in the digital generation, but many private
>> aircraft are decades old and certification requrements can mean
>> that what we consider to be really cheap technology either isn't allowed
>> to be used or has had a couple of noughts added to the price.
>>
>> Nigle
>>
Out of date for aircraft it's true, but still very much in use in
other fields, as AC servo motors are essentially synchros with a
digitally-controlled power source instead of another synchro. So
they're quite nice as a demonstrator of how these things work, as
well as a neat historical background.
-adrian
Adrian Godwin
<charles...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we need a hack-a-thon to sort out and tidy away the components from
> the original donation, anyone want to help?
>
> Sol
Good idea, but in the meantime if anyone could empty a box onto a
table and take a snap of the contents it could show up some useful
bits.
-adrian
Steff
>
> Ooooh, thing with dials and meters! <3
> My curiosity is piqued. :3
I believe it's the remote control for Jonty. We've been looking for that.
S
Monty
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Adrian Godwin
All looks pretty good stuff and already well sorted. The only things
I'd think twice about are the plastic strapping and some of the
'unsorted cables'. The flat cables are probably obsolete as floppy
cables but still handy for random connections.
-adrian
Sci
white vinyl. Someone may be able to use it.
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Some of these synchros are adorably tiny! If enough are compatible
pairs, maybe we could build a remote manipulator? Don't suppose any are
vacuum-rated? :P
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Those 5Watt heatsink resistors should mean we won't be short of extruder
heaters for a while, right?