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Re: Air Bag Deployment

Ed Phillips (ephillpw@co.san-diego.ca.us)
Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:41:34 -0500 (EST)

Gary,

Valid points. My PDOF was a center of mass consideration, and as you imply the PDOF is skewed nearer the axis with the greater incoming momentum. Such oblique forces may effect whether the magnetic force is overcome to free the inert mass from the magnetic forces.

Ed
Ed Phillips
ephillpw@co.san-diego.ca.us

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