According to the NHTSA, the titanium underbody shield and aluminum deflector plates, along with increased ground clearance, reduce the severity, frequency, and fire risk of underbody strikes.
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Other Image Converter tube based systems emerged in the 1950s which incorporated a modified GenI image intensifier with additional deflector plates which allowed a photon image to be converted to a photoelectron beam.
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The M2's features included an unusually large number of machine guns, bullet deflector plates, and sloped armor on the hull front ( M4 Sherman and other armored fighting vehicles.
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According to the NHTSA, the titanium underbody shield and aluminum deflector plates, along with increased ground clearance, " should reduce both the frequency of underbody strikes and the resultant fire risk ."
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The original chimney was replaced by a double stove-pipe variety, and miniature deflector plates were added on either side, angled to concentrate the air flow when the locomotive was on the move.
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Other internal modifications requested by the RhACR, involving engine, steering, brakes and the gearbox ( a deflector plate had to be added to protect it from centre landmine blasts ) were also incorporated.
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Despite this, a dedicated single-seat fighter version was built in 1915, armed with an 8 mm Hotchkiss machine gun that fired through the propeller arc, the propeller blades being protected by deflector plates.
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Another of Kirtley's achievements in 1859 was, at last, to solve the problem of coal burning, by combining the brick arch with a firehole door deflector plate and a blower to increase the draught.
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On March 28, 2014, NHTSA closed its investigation, claiming that the new titanium underbody shield and aluminum deflector plates, along with increased ground clearance, " should reduce both the frequency of underbody strikes and the resultant fire risk ".
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Since the steam wasn't expelled up the chimney, the Class 25's smokebox contained a steam turbine-driven fan beneath the chimney to keep the draught going, with deflector plates to prevent char from causing excessive wear on the fan blades.
