Re: [ATM] Active damping (and archery)

[Joe <nss@mwt.net>]

Ken Hunter wrote:

>Hi Ross,
> 
>I've not tried the idea of using some expanding sealing foam inside the truss 
>tubes myself but I don't see why it wouldn't reduce the resonant frequency 
>of the tubes and reduce the vibrations with very little weight penalty.
>
>Ken Hunter
>
Hi Ken,,

The Amateurs tried the "Foam" idea, and it diddn't work,, unless you can 
get it to be loose in the tubes.  The whole dampening thing works 
because it's loose.

Joe

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