the "reaction" is triggered by the round itself - it expodes when "hit" - kinda like bursting a baloon with a lighter or match. the composition of the triggering chemical is the trick to make it work.
On Nov 22, 7:09 pm, "Chris. b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amazing how it can react so quickly > > Chris. b > > On Nov 23, 8:22 am, "Michael Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The homepage seems broke. > > > Another video of one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPinJp051I > > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, HV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The video is on the home page. Just scroll down a bit to the "blog > > > posts" section. It's only 39 seconds long, so you have to watch it a > > > few times to see what's going on. There are three clips of the same > > > event. The first clip shows a round being fired toward the system, a > > > small red submunition pops up and fires an explosively formed > > > penetrator (I assume that's what it is) at the incoming round and > > > vaporizes it. At the velocities involved anything solid turns into a > > > cloud of high temperature gas. The second clip shows the submunition > > > popping up, orienting itself, and firing the EFP at the incoming > > > round. The third clip shows the whole sequence in real time, maybe > > > less than 1 second.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
