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    Item to heat/cool/maintain a body of water

    Hi, is there a COTS item to heat/cool/maintain the temperature a body of water? The water volume is approx 3-400 litres, and temps held within approx 10-30 degrees C. Can anyone think of something which might suit the need? Thanks.
  2. Mechbob1

    Looking for potential solutions/pointers on a tricky problem, but one a hand can do easily.

    I have a problem I'm struggling to solve. Think of hand-dropping a mortar round down a tube then moving away. I want to be able to do that, but remotely and without electronics/solenoids etc. An video example of what I'm trying to achieve is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTbuGpCBUQE...
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    Can you increase P in water via air pressure?

    Please help settle a discussion… As per the picture, can you increase the pressure in the water by increasing the pressure in the air above? It’s a sealed container. If yes/no, why? I thought you couldn’t, due to P equaling rho x g x h. But someone else reckons you can, and I’m second guessing...
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    Check request - calculating force from weapon recoil.

    Hi, I'm a recently graduated engineer who's working on calculating the force exerted on a rigidly mounted weapon mount as a result of recoil. I'm hoping someone can have a look and see if I'm on the right path, and that what I'm doing makes sense for an approximation. Using a bunch of...

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