Re: [PSAS] Lost 1/8th inch torsion rod

2010-06-20 Thread I
I looked outside the plastic tubs. I don't think it's there. The tubs are only ~2ft on the diagonal. Too small i think. Well, thanks for looking, anyway. I thought someone (maybe Dave?) had bigger tubs. The rod would have been 36" when new, so shorter with some sort of end treatment. Do

Re: [PSAS] Lost 1/8th inch torsion rod

2010-06-20 Thread rq17zt
I looked outside the plastic tubs. I don't think it's there. The tubs are only ~2ft on the diagonal. Too small i think. Does the missing rod have any distinguishing characteristics? -- My calibration idea is to take something geometrically simple with similar inertial moment (e.g. rod) and try i

[PSAS] T-1 week to launch!

2010-06-20 Thread Andrew Greenberg
Hello everyone, T-1 week until we launch in Brothers, Oregon, at Oregon Rocketry's Summer Skies event! We forgot to put up a coordination page last Tuesday; here it is: http://psas.pdx.edu/news/2010-06-27 Please sign your self up for driving or if you need a ride or whatnot. This Monday we're m

Re: [PSAS] Lost 1/8th inch torsion rod

2010-06-20 Thread I
I don't think that statistics would help us, except that it's less likely that all of them are broken. The dial type torque wrenches are usually based on the properties of a steel bar, so they usually read correctly unless they are completely broken. Having more than one might give us a 'wa