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Old 01-16-2023, 09:20 AM
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Well, the rattler concept can be applied well to the PMD damper: 9 pockets can house 9 brass cylinder bobs of 3 differing weights. They all fling to the outer pocket wall and bob back and forth in response to accel/decell, and cover many of the frequencies together.

Yea, i designed such for a UAV engine (and did the PMD in parallel ) drafted it, and spec'd out McMASTER Brass for the bobs. Simple machine work, and a cover plate for inspection and a dab of grease. Well, lost interest due to not having a damper problem. Low risk since the "housing" has the diameter and nearly same mass of our PMD damper. A little thicker toward the timing cover.

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