Judging from a direct response, it seems that my statement about using minimum solder to save lift-off weight during the lunar lander program generated skepticism...At that time NASA estimated that they saved 450 pounds on the entire Saturn 5 launch vehicle by limiting the amount of solder used for a "one-shot" launch...NASA did not use Mil-Spec, they had their own spec...
Jerry, wa2dkg >>Anything that is built for NASA and will fly will most likely have to be >>conformal coated...Leaving excess lead length might cause the ends to >>protrude out of the conformal coating, defeating the purpose of the >>coating...I was not aware of any min-max lead length protrusion in my >>dealings with NASA....We used minimum solder to save lift-off weight and we >>always trimmed flush...<< _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
