[ARC5] [Milsurplus] More Guided Bomb Control Box Stuff

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 30 13:40:39 EDT 2011


> It's interesting to me how far this technology has come in our lifetimes...

Still, the technology developed in WWII was damned impressive...with not
a digital device to be found anywhere.

Here's yet another short clip about the VB-3 RAZON (developed in WWII, but
not used in combat until the Korean War).

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8aiVpaXOcw

The VB-3 RAZON tail fin section with the radio and gyro equipment had eight
controllable surfaces:  Two that responded to LEFT or RIGHT and two that
responded to UP or DOWN, all controlled by its AN/CRW-7 radio receiver, plus
four that responded CLOCKWISE or COUNTERCLOCKWISE in response to the on-board
gyroscopic roll stabilization system.  I'd love to have one of those complete
tail-fin sections!

Mike / KK5F


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