dworkin@Solbourne.COM (Dieter Muller) (08/05/89)
What exactly is an ``engine frequency response test''? From context, I assume it has something to do with the speed at which various controls can be operated, but that doesn't sound right. Thanks. Dieter -- "Your spatial laws are ok, but God, the choices you give us." -- Deborah Blau boulder!stan!dworkin dworkin%stan@boulder.colorado.edu dworkin@solbourne.com Flamer's Hotline: (303) 678-4624 (1000 - 1800 Mountain Time)
kenobi%lightsabre@Sun.COM (Rick Kwan) (08/25/89)
In article <1862@salgado.Solbourne.COM> dworkin@Solbourne.COM (Dieter Muller) writes: >What exactly is an ``engine frequency response test''? From context, I >assume it has something to do with the speed at which various controls >can be operated, but that doesn't sound right. If anyone cares to contradict me, send me some mail. What follows is based on some reading of eons ago about some other project. An engine has a certain natural frequency. Varying its thrust will cause it to vibrate at varying frequencies. If the thrust-induced frequency hits the natural frequency, the engine stands a chance of flying apart. Rick Kwan (aka Obi-Kwan Kenobi) Sun Microsystems - Intercon kenobi@sun.COM Rick Kwan (aka Obi-Kwan Kenobi) Sun Microsystems - Intercon kenobi%lightsabre@sun.COM