Re: Gyrobombs

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 01:38:36PM -0700, B Lin wrote:
>I wonder if a gyrobomb sounds like a turbine?	It would make them
easier to detect with sonic directional amplifiers.  Sounds like a great
sci-fi movie weapon - Hero hears the slowly building whining sound and
knows he's in trouble...

Hmm, well... I hope not. That sound goes with energy loss due to
friction - all you _should_ hear is the sound of the bearings in the
vacuum can...