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

[J. Forster]

Actually, the same seller has a bunch of V-1 parts. On the down side, they
look like they've been burried in somebody's garden for half a century,
more or less.

-John

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> There's even one currently for sale on ebay - item 150720313746
>
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:19 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> =============
>>
>>
>>> 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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