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	Arrestor cables - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arrestor cables or arrestor wires are thick steel cables fitted to the aft end of the flight deck on CATOBAR and STOBAR aircraft carriers.
		Some military airfields are also equipped with arrestor cables to permit the landing of heavy or fast aircraft on a short runway; for training naval aviators prior to carrier deployment; or for emergencies involving brake failure, steering problems, or other situations in which a full landing rollout would be dangerous or inadvisable.
		Arrestor cables attached to sandbags can also be used to stop an aircraft with failed brakes; the aircraft will drag the sandbags along the ground, slowing it to a halt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arrestor_wires (459 words)

	It is well known that power surges can damage computer systems
		The basic function of the surge arrestor is to carry the surge or spike around your equipment and to ground, thus avoiding damage.
		How well an arrestor works depends on three factors: the magnitude of the surge or spike, the speed at which the arrestor starts conducting, and the ability of the arrestor to dissipate the surge.
		Finally, some surge arrestors come with insurance coverage on your equipment in the event it is damaged, in spite of the proper use of the arrestor.
	www.yadtel.net /residential/arrestors.html (1004 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Encyclopedia Article @ GetitFreeHere.com (Get It Free Here) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The primary function of the angled deck landing area is to allow aircraft who miss the arresting wires, referred to as a "bolter", to become airborne again without the risk of hitting aircraft parked on the forward parts of the deck.
		As catapults and arrestor cables are unnecessary, carriers with this arrangement reduce weight, complexity, and space needed for equipment.
		If an aircraft misses the arrestor cables, the pilot only needs to increase USS Long Beach power to maximum to get airborne again and will not hit the parked aircraft because the angled deck points out over the sea.
	www.getitfreehere.com /encyclopedia/Aircraft_carrier (6224 words)

	DELTALA Installation
		Since we expect the arrestor might be damaged, install it in a regular electrical enclosure to protect personnel from accidental contact with live parts.
		Connect an arrestor to each lighting panel connecting fl wires to the circuit conductors, and the white wire to the box and rig frame.
		Consequently, the fl wires need to be connected to the circuit, and the white wires need to be connected to the metal frame of the machine or device to be protected.
	www.deltala.com /installa.htm (788 words)

	Arrestor
		1) " Arrestor" -- In the context of Arrestor
		Arrestor wires 1: '''Arrestor wires''' are thick steel cables fitted to the aft
		Aircraft carrier 14: aircraft do not require catapult facilities or arrestor cable s to be deployed across the flight deck.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust2578-arrestor.html (311 words)

	Telephone line surge protection circuits
		Usually the telephone wires are at potential quite near to the ground of your building.
		To protect modem electronics, a good practice is to add protection to both sides of the line transformer: gas arrestor or VDR in the primary side of the transformer to take most of the surge and zener diodes to the secondary to take what goes through the primary protection and transformer.
		The MOV between the line wire must be selected to have such voltage that it does not start to conduct at the normal telephone line voltages but stops the harmful higher voltages.
	www.epanorama.net /documents/surge/telesurge.html (3009 words)

	Control line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aircraft is connected to the operator by a pair of wires, that works the elevator of the model.
		Sewing thread may be used in stead of wires to control small models, when safety does not allow the use of wires, but its air resistance is greater.
		Takeoff and landing are from a simulated aircraft carrier deck, with arrestor wires.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Control_line (968 words)

	DELTALA Surge Capacitor Information
		The arrestor will handle unlimited amount of current, although amounts exceeding 100,000 amps will generally damage the arrestor.
		For this reason, an arrestor should always be installed with a capacitor to protect it from intense surges.
		The fl wires connect to the circuits, and the white wire connects to a ground.
	www.deltala.com /surge.htm (337 words)

	Installation Instructions - Lightning Rod Parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Connect White wire to neutral bus or ground.
		The arrestor clamps the surge faster than the breaker can trip - therefore, even if the breaker trips, the arrester will already have done it's job.
		Note: If there are no "knockouts" on your electrical box you may install the Arrestor on the inside of the electrical box, in any position.
	www.lightningrodparts.com /instructions.html (204 words)

	Impulse Suppresors \| Arrestors
		Our arrestors can be found in the most stark surroundings, from dense African jungles to the vast wastelands of some of the world's most punishing deserts.
		All units use torroidal inductors and present near dead DC short on antenna side of arrestor, constantly draining feedline wires of static and any developed voltage potential feedthrough breakdown voltage from input ports to output ports 4,000 to 6,000 volts.
		Arrestor units may be placed anywhere in the feedline at ground level without serious change in tuning, but small change may be detectable due "to small" increase in total feedline length caused by size of arrestor case and circuit.
	www.iceradioproducts.com /impulse1.html (1384 words)

	Lightning and Surge Protection
		This is to hooked onto the hot terminal with the one wire and the ground terminal with the other wire.
		The MLA-I arrestor is to be on the fence side of the lightning choke coil..As the surge of electrical energy caused by a lightning strike travels through the choke coil, the inductive loops of the coil cause a reverse flow of current.
		The lightning arrestor and its ground bed should be at least forty feet from your charger's ground bed as well as any other existing home or utility grounds, water supply systems, milking systems.
	www.kencove.com /light_surge.htm (903 words)

	Untitled Document
		This allows you to catch the Three Wire, or the best wire on the deck, when landing.
		After you touch down, throw your throttle into full military power until you are sure you have stopped, then AND ONLY THEN reduce your throttle to idle and taxi to the holding position or another catapult for take-off.
		This is where the plane misses any of the 4 arrestor wires.
	theblackknights.50megs.com /com.htm (1083 words)

	Panel ?? - DoItYourself.com Community Forums
		Then 3 wires are coming off: one goes to the neutral bus, the others go to each side of the hot bus, right on the breaker.
		Three wires terminate inside the box, one to neutral the other two on top of the 2 fl main incoming service wires.
		Thanks again[/QUOTE]I would advise against using wire nuts because the wires from the secondary surge arrestor should take as direct a path as possible to the buss bars it is installed to protect.
	forum.doityourself.com /showthread.php?t=255438 (1097 words)

	Electric Supplies - Lightning Protection - Ground Rods - Underground Cable
		Attach another wire to the second terminal on the arrestor and connect that to independent ground rods.
		Burying insulated wire at gates is often better than running a wire overhead (which may not always be high enough) or using a removable electric gate wire (connections are poor for high power and the electric is off when the gate is open).
		Use this for putting the bottom insulated wire on a separate switch so when the grass is badly shorting that wire, it can be shut off at one spot rather than at each gate.
	www.kencove.com /elecs.htm (2356 words)

	Fuses and Wiring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One wire connects to your ground rod and two protection wires connect to cables coming in from outside.
		AC produced by an inverter is wired into the standard AC house wiring breaker box to distribute power to lights and outlets throughout the home.
		Wire generator power only to one outlet in the battery room and tag it "generator direct".
	www.backwoodssolar.com /Catalogpages2/wiring2.htm (2671 words)

	Duraline Highway Lighting Systems
		A 10/2 cable is molded into the block and exits opposite the 10/1 wires.
		The 10/2 cable is terminated with a red FTP-2 female connector, which mates to the Surge Arrestor cable assembly.
		The MTP-2 Male Plug is molded in red to 10/2 cable and is terminated with a surge arrestor.
	www.jbn-duraline.com /duraline_products_alabama.htm (287 words)

	F-16.net :: F-16 Mishaps & Accident Reports - United States Air Force [USAF] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Brakes, arrestor hook, etc. After this accident they changed the electrical schematic and wiring harness so that those features went through different connectors now.
		Pilot attempted to land the aircaft and engage the arrestor wires.
		Both wires were missed and the aircraft went off the end of the runway.
	www.f-16.net /f-16_mishaps_airforce-USAF-num31.html (629 words)

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		Arrestor wires and gear are shown on the deck and a separate deck will be available for the
		The barriers and arrestors are etched into the deck.
		The intention with doing it this way is that it'll give the modeler who is satisfied with the "look" piece of mind, and for the rest of you it'll give a good guide of where to apply little bits of wire to "complete" your model and possible psychosis.
	www.steelnavy.com /Nautilus350HornetDeck.htm (447 words)

	Delta Lightning Arrestors LA302 DC LIGHTNING ARRESTOR Alternative Energy Store
		If there is a surge so strong that something must be damaged, we prefer that it'd be an arrestor rather than your equipment.
		Since you should expect the arrestor might be damaged, install it in a regular electrical enclosure to protect personnel from accidental contact with live parts.
		The Delta LA Series of lightning arrestors handles the big surges, like lightning up to 50,000 amps, passing them harmlessly to ground.
	store.altenergystore.com /FusesBreakersEtc/Lightning-Arrestors/.../p473 (828 words)

	Carrier Ops
		To survive the jarring forces of carrier landings, carrier aircraft have to be built more strongly than land-based planes.
		These hooks are caught by arrestor wires stretched across the deck (laid flat when not in use).
		These wires run out under tension when the hook is caught, stopping the plane in a few feet.
	www.airwarfare.com /tactics/tactics_carrier.htm (392 words)

	The back of the SU-27 Flanker model with lots of information
		Two prominent wing fences on each wing were dispensed with and the nosewheel leg shifted from the front to the rear of its bay.
		Production aircraft also have the benefit of a computerised fly-by wire system which inputs control movements in yaw and roll by activating tailerons only (+16 degrees/-21 degrees in movement), there are no ailerons.
		Retractable wire mesh guards protCct the compressor face from FOD ingestion and birdstrikes, allowing operation from semiprepared or damaged runways.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Sukhoi-Su27/su27_info/su27-info.htm (3432 words)

	paint arrestor,Paintboothdeals.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		from who knows where, stopped perpendicular to its neighbor by those electric lines, which acted like arrestor wires on an aircraft carrier, ripping open the hole in the roof.
		Emergency fire equipment and arrestor gear is positioned at strategic locations throughout the deck for use in emergency landings or crashes.
		With impressive accuracy, one arrestor’s beam blade cut right through the left shoulder joint of the Windam, the other penetrating the...
	www.paintboothdeals.info /paintANDarrestor.html (461 words)

	When a picture says everything - Travel & Dining - International Herald Tribune
		During Katrina, the green one, like Dorothy's house, floated clear across Egania Street from who knows where, and was stopped perpendicular to its neighbor by those electric lines, which acted like arrestor wires on an aircraft carrier, ripping open the hole in the roof.
		The X of wires and the diagonal thrust of that green house, extending horizontally across the photograph, are vertically anchored by the telephone pole, creating a tranquillity in the composition that belies the actual pandemonium.
		Given bearings by this geometry, a viewer is set free to find details like the teetering stop sign on the corner where the green house landed: a fl-humored punch line.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/09/27/style/flood.php (785 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Escort carrier HMS Audacity of the Audacity class
		As the first Escort carrier the design she had no space for a hangar or a lift, so her aircraft were parked on deck.
		Three arrestor wires and an open conning position on the starboard side were fitted, together with a minimal anti-aircraft armament.
		As the principal air threat was perceived to be Condor long-range reconnaissance aircraft, her aircraft were all fighters.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3246.html (436 words)

	Navy Matters \| Future Aircraft Carrier Pre-Downselect Part 1
		Although primarily intended to operate the STOVL version of JSF, an angled deck, arrestor gear and a single waist catapult are added to allow the operation of conventional fixed wing aircraft such as the Northrop Grumman E-2C for AEW.
		Lacking heavy and bulky catapults and arrestor gear the STOVL configured carrier design was anticipated to be the smallest and cheapest option, and to make best use of existing RN and RAF experience and training with the Harrier.
		Its concept envisaged a carrier configured with a waist catapult and arrestor gear for launch and recovery of CV-type aircraft, together with a ski-jump forward and a large recovery area for STOVL operations.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /cvf3-1.htm (13804 words)

	Future Aircraft Carrier CVF Class
		The catapults have steam or mositure rising off them which suggest steam, and no arrestor wires are shown.
		The STOVL variant of the Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Strike Fighter was selected in 2002 to fulfil the FJCA role and in order to maximise the flexibility that CVF can offer over its potential 50 year service life, the carriers will be built to an innovative adaptable design.
		This CV-based design will essentially be fitted for but not with catapults and arrestor gear and a RAMP will be installed in order to operate the STOVL F35 aircraft.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/cvf-design.htm (1474 words)

	Aircraft carrier - WarWiki - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Conversely, when landing on a carrier, some aircraft rely upon a tailhook that catches on arrestor wires stretched across the deck to bring them to a stop in a shorter distance than normal.
		Since the end of World War II it has been common to direct the landing recovery area off to port at an angle to the line of the ship.
		If an aircraft misses the arrestor cables, the pilot only needs to increase engine power to maximum to get airborne again and will not hit the parked aircraft because the angled deck points out over the sea.
	war.wikia.com /wiki/Aircraft_carrier (5046 words)

	Steen Aero Lab - About Bruntons Aero Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bruntons, established in Scotland in 1876, is the world leader in the unique art of making streamlined and round aircraft tie rods (aka brace wires) and has been developing this art since 1909 when they first developed the technology for the then-emerging aeronautical industry.
		Bruntons has earned an enviable reputation over many years for the quality of both their products and service by blending specialized technological ability with a flexible, dedicated, and highly skilled workforce.
		Many wires are also used for seaplane float bracing, and they even supply wires for Formula 1 race cars.
	www.steenaero.com /Products/flying_wires_bruntons.cfm (306 words)

	Su-27KUB
		The first prototype has been flying — first from Zhukovsky and now from the naval base at Saki in the Ukraine, where it has been making carrier takeoffs and landings using the ski-jump ramp and arrestor wires that are fitted to a mock-up section of the runway that represents the carrier Kuznetsov.
		The colour scheme is unusual — the centre fuselage is camouflaged in the blues and greys of a standard naval Su-27K, but the new parts — wings, taiplanes, canards and rudders are in etched chromate or zinc primer.
		Final detailing comprises the addition of the IRST ball in front of the windscreen from clear sprue, an arrestor hook fashioned from square-section sprue, the retracted refuelling boom from the Italeri kit and the aerials, air dat probes and undercarriage doors from the Airfix kit.
	www.lindenhillimports.com /su-27kub.htm (1954 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - A Changing Role / Part 4
		About 75 percent of the surface ships in the British task force were at least damaged by Argentinean aircraft.
		The British ships were especially vulnerable because the small carriers were not capable of carrying early warning aircraft, which needed catapults and landing arrestor wires.
		After a bitter struggle, which also saw the sinking of the Argentinean cruiser General Belgrano by a British submarine, Argentina withdrew from the Falklands on June 14th.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap3d.htm (718 words)

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