Harold Rosen, team leader of the Southern California Selene Group, demonstrates -- with a simple homemade contraption -- the advantages of spin stabilization.
The original lunar lander had honey comb composite inside the leg tubes that crushed to absorb the shock so that it did not have spring return energy. I suppose you could also have something like a pneumatic cylinder that that is pressureized on one side and when it lands it can blow the air out so you get the dampening but not the return force.
gives creed to spinning disc..lol
crimsoncoin 2 years ago
It looks cool, but I do have a quick question (which you can hopefully answer).
In the video it seems that he drops the spinning object from a lower height when its spinning than when it is not.
While it could be just me (which would be fine) I was wondering what is the maximum height would it have to drop in order to land properly?
hiddennook 3 years ago
pretty cool.
The original lunar lander had honey comb composite inside the leg tubes that crushed to absorb the shock so that it did not have spring return energy. I suppose you could also have something like a pneumatic cylinder that that is pressureized on one side and when it lands it can blow the air out so you get the dampening but not the return force.
coreyuah 4 years ago
Deb and Harold...this is fantastic!!
You are making this happen. What a team.
Darlene
dvcastleman 4 years ago