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A Simple Solution: Wobble Stopper

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
209
Date Released
1977
Length of issue (in feet)
520
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Simple Solution: Scrap Cone
  2. 2A Simple Solution: Egg Test
  3. 3A Simple Solution: Wobble Stopper
  4. 4A Simple Solution: Swing Door Sucker

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: Years of painstaking precision engineering go into the manufacture of a single satellite, fitting it out for its years of work in space. But the long thin shape of most satellites contains a flaw - spinning in orbit, they can develop a wobble which effectively puts them out of action. Now the simple addition of a small flywheel driven by a solar powered motor will stop that wobble and stabilise the craft as it orbits in space.
Keywords
Science and technology; Space; Engineering; Design
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/209
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
Laurence Williamson

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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