[QuadList] FR-600s - Was Re: NPR story: Houston, We Erased The Apollo 11 Tapes

[Dave Sieg]

Don:Amazing!
I'm still trying to track down the guy I gave these machines to!
I've updated my blog with more detailed pictures and some scans of the
manual pages.
http://www.davesieg.com

I presume you know about the effort to restore the radar mapping data that
was recorded on a 2" machine, the FR-900, which was essentially a quad tape
machine for data...
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_9.html

Do you have the maintenance manuals and schematics? I have a full set of
books!

Dave


On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Don Norwood <dwnorwood at embarqmail.com>wrote:

>  Dave:
>
> We have something else in common!  I still have an FR-600.  In fact, I
> spent a good bit of time rebuilding it a couple of years ago.  I've attached
> a couple of pics to show one difference from the ones that you had.  Instead
> of the manual mechanical speed change that you described, this one has the
> speed change function controlled by buttons on the control panel as you can
> see in its pic.  The shot of the rear of the transport shows the capstan
> drive motor and two sets of pullys.  The speed change was accomplished by a
> combination of changing the motor speed via the servo system and selecting
> one of the two pully systems by engaging the proper solenoid to tension one
> set of belts or the other, all with push-button convenience!  The speed info
> was also passed along to the signal system bays for their use.
>
> Don
>
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