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

[J. Forster]

I guess I phrased that badly. I meant that what they did in WW II has had
a lasting influence, even to now.

-John

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>> 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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