Ah, I didn't think of tapering. Obviously a good idea in this application. Thanks for the details.
I see we're off topic, so I'll stop now. Regards, Jeff W6JK --- In [email protected], Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the E-4 aircraft we delivered to the Air Force, the wire was about 1/4 inch at the aircraft end and tapered down to around 1/8 inch at the drogue at the far end. (to keep the wire from whipping around in the slipstream). We could never deploy the wire over the US, but had to go down to the closed airspace south of Eglin AFB in the gulf to let the wire out. Can you imagine what would happen to the power distribution system over land if you had to cut the wire? > > The wire was spiral wrapped ribbon and I don't know what the core looked like. > > 73 - Jim W5ZIT > > Jeff Kincaid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What size wire does it take to be self supporting at that length? > > 'JK > > --- In [email protected], Ron Wright <mccrpt@> wrote: > > > >... a C130 aircraft with 30,000 ft of wire hung out the back... > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. >
