[ARC5] German Avionics Video

[Tim]

It's true...
One "Russian" design philosophy that I often resonate with is this:  "Make
it simple, rugged and functional - and repairable by any peasant with a
hammer."  I can relate to that part!
Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:

> A couple of comments/
>
> First, we had some extremely complex electromechanical devices in wide
> use.  The Norden bomb sight comes to mind.
>
> Second, for quite a long time the life expectancy of any war plane in WW
> II was quite short, so the complex equipment did not have to last very long.
>
> Clare. N2RJB
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 7:13 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As Stalin supposedly said "Quantity has a quality all its own."
>>
>> The Germans were making a few Mercedes Benz's, we were making lots of
>> Chevy's ...
>>
>> Tim
>> N6CC
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 3:51 PM Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I felt initially that "poor us", so stuck with conventional 1930s tech,
>>> in second place. But then i thought about the ART-13 10 channel Autotune (
>>> automatic retuning ) aircraft transmitter ( dating to 1939 ), the BC-348
>>> aircraft receiver, the BC-1000 FM backpack radio, microwave radar, High
>>> Frequency direction finding with CRT display, radar jamming equipment,
>>> proximity fuse anti aircraft shells, and so on, PLUS early models of
>>> computer to decipher German codes. German workmanship is
>>> impressive,but...at some point you have to do a cost - benefit analysis and
>>> realize a whole lot of wonderfully mechanically engineered stuff is bound
>>> to have a rather short service life...
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Galaxy
>>>
>>>
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