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

[J. Forster]

No guidance system in the modern meaning. It did have an autopilot for
altitude, azimuth, and dustance travelled as mentioned below.

Expecting to hit St. Paul's, for example, with either the V-1 or V-2 was
essentially impossible.

-John

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> 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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