[amsat-bb] Torque Coil turns vanish?

Joe Leikhim rhyolite at leikhim.com
Tue Oct 28 22:43:44 UTC 2014


I am no rocket scientist, but wouldn't the earths magnetic fields tend 
to bias those diodes on as the satellite cuts through them, creating 
subtle drag?

Joe K4SAT

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__Amen, one has to have kickback diodes to the rails to absorb that energy.
(Else, poof goes the pin)

Bob_

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