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Old 05-17-2011, 11:15 PM
Freycinet Freycinet is offline
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Originally Posted by JG14_Jagr View Post
Frey is partially correct.. The shells had a simple device that when the shell was spinning fast the centripetal force kept the contacts apart..once the spinning slows the lower force would allow the contacts to meet and boom.. self destruct..
Jagr is partially correct. It was actually the centriFUGAL force...

(Thx Jagr for the explanation, just kidding here...)
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