ROTAN

History

One of the people who developed ROTAN was Walt Phelps, in 1957 or 1958. Development took place either in Building 86 or in Building 81, most likely Building 86.

Documents

• ROTAN: A Dynamic Angular Transducer for Oscilloscope Display of Rotation-Related Phenomena (PDF, needs OCR)

Pictures

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  Modified 535, 32TU, rotational transducer, and 50 kV 10,000:1 capacitive divider probe