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Making Bigger Waves
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
by Beckie-Anne Thain

When we tested our modified Sucker, we found that it had half the power of our original mock-up. After reviewing the differences between the two, we found that the new Sucker had a larger throat than the old mock-up.
    To reduce the throat size we installed a Plexiglas and syntactic foam liner under the top of the Sucker. We angled the bottom side of the liner to 45 degrees. We also rounded the liner’s top to fit more snugly into the Sucker’s top. After positioning the liner in the Sucker, we screwed it down and tested it. It worked perfectly, pulling in C-probes with power to spare!

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April 22, 2003
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Modified Sucker with Plexiglas and syntactic foam in throat

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Last updated June 27, 2003.