Jumping with your detector: AN/PSS-12 mine detecor ...Dear Editor, The carrying case for the AN/PSS-12 mine detector detector: see particle detector. usually does a fine Job of protecting the detector search head, especially if you wrap the head in bubble wrap bubble wrap n. See bubble pack. bubble wrap Noun a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used to protect breakable goods as you've suggested in PS. But when you're an airborne airborne /air·borne/ (ar´born) suspended in, transported by, or spread by air. airborne, adj carried through the air. In health care settings, viruses or bacteria may become airborne, e.g. unit jumping out of planes, it's a different story. We kept breaking search heads where the inner circle connects to the outer circle and where the head fits to the pole. That ends detecting. Our solution was to take a 1-in thick piece of plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. and cut out a circle 1/2 inch wider than the head. Position the head on the board and mark off pairs of spots to drill holes on both sides of the inner circle. Three pairs of holes roughly the same distance from each other would be best. Then run plastic ties, 550 cord, or ribbon through the holes to tie the head down. When you're going to jump, wrap the mounted head in your poncho or something similar and put It in your rucksack, not The detector carrier. The search head will have a much better chance of surviving the jump. SSG SSG abbr. staff sergeant Rober Marsh SSG Kevin Stafford A Co, 307th Engr Ft Bragg, NC |
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