[ARC5] German Tank Radios (was Re: Off topic)

[Gene Smar]

Gents:

     There was NO guidance system on a V-1.  The fixed launch ramps were the 
means by which these things were pointed at their targets' approximate 
locations.  A small propeller on the nose of the craft counted revolutions 
which corresponded to distance traveled at altitude.  When the pre-set 
revolutions were reached the V-1's control surfaces aimed the craft 
downward.

     As John wrote below, this was a terror weapon, not a strategic weapon. 
The V-2 - now that's another story.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] German Tank Radios (was Re: Off topic)


> Probably little different. The V-1 could not hit anything that was not a
> large area target. The accuracy was probably not much better than a few
> miles out of 50-100 miles. The guidance systems were completely open loop.
> They did not follow any "beams" or LORAN or anytrhing. Roughly half would
> have been wasted on the ocean, if they tried to target beache.
>
> The V-1s and V-2s were terror weapons designed to injure and intimidate
> civilians.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
> ==============
>
>
> [snip]
>
> I wonder what Normandy would've looked like had he
>> directed the V-1s at the beaches and temporary ports instead of London
>> a week after the landings.
>>
>> Vanity and insanity even rhyme.
>>
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>
>
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