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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Kodak APS Images
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 02:21:12 -0400
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I like the idea that the APS system keeps a record of the moment you shot 
the picture. In effect metadata for chemical based photography. One reason 
why I'm probably not going back to doing much work in with film. No Metadata.

 
 

-- 

Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

?On 5/4/18, 11:24 PM, "LUG on behalf of Howard L Ritter Jr" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of hlritter 
at twc.com> wrote:

    That?s a beautiful and fascinating set, Jim. I wish I had a better 
recollection of AEDC from my ROTC summer-camp visit there in ?67.
    
    I had a fling with APS too, still have my Canon EOS-IX APS SLR here on 
the shelf in my study, and lots of (inaccessible) rolls of developed film in 
the drawer. Any idea whether it?s possible still to get these scanned?
    
    The nameplate on the electric motor is fascinating ? 13200 V @ 2750 A! 
That means the resistance of the windings is less than 5 Ohms. Given that 
there must be hundreds of meters of wire in the windings, the conductors 
must have the gauge of a garden hose. With a PF of 100%, the 13200 x 2750 x 
sqrt(3) VA works out to some 62 MW or 83000 hp at the shaft. 
    
    For comparison, the four MerMaid electric propulsion pods of the Queen 
Mary 2 together at full steam draw 80 MW or only about 30% more than what 
this motor draws! I?d guess that this motor alone could power the QM2 at the 
economical speed with which we crossed the Atlantic in 2013. The ship?s 
power plant produces less than twice the power that this motor consumes. 
That is one H of a motor!
    
    The ducting for the tunnel looks like any old industrial stuff?until you 
notice the gauge of the steel stock, and the sheer number of bolts on the 
flanges. That was built to take SOME pressure!
    
    ?howard
    
    > On May 4, 2018, at 15:19, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:
    > 
    > I appreciate all of the responses to my posting of APS images. One 
LUGGER who responded off-list asked if I had any more of these APS images.  
In reviewing my images from 1986, I found another set.
    > 
    > Normally, cameras are not allowed on-base at Arnold Engineering 
Development Center, where I spent 39 years.  But, in 1986, the base held an 
open house for employees and their families. Displays were set up showing 
items of interest, and cameras were permitted.  I took advantage of this 
opportunity to capture a few images to which I had not had access 
previously.  I am almost positive that the Kodak APS camera was my choice 
that day.
    > 
    > The Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility is composed of two 16-ft wind 
tunnels and one 4-ft wind tunnel, along with the plant equipment to support 
them.  The main drive system for the large tunnels originally had 216,000 HP 
on one shaft, and has since been upgraded.  Here is a view of the compressor 
for the transonic tunnel.
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+16T+Compressor+from+Across+the+Street.JPG.html
    > 
    > That red & white stack is 200 ft tall.
    > 
    > This is the nameplate on one of the two largest motors.
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+PWT+Large+Motor+Nameplate.JPG.html
    > 
    > This is one of the numerous auxiliary compressors that support the 
tunnel operations.
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+PES+F-Unit.JPG.html
    > 
    > At the time of the open house, a lot of store testing was being done 
in the transonic tunnels and three neat models were on display:
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+A-10+Test+Model+from+16T.JPG.html
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+FB-111+Test+Model+from+16T.JPG.html
    > 
    > 
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070917-1986+Open+House_+F-16+Test+Model+from+16T.JPG.html
    > 
    > The little Kodak APS camera did its job!
    > 
    > -- 
    > Jim Nichols
    > Tullahoma, TN USA
    > 
    > 
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