20 Dec
2001
20 Dec
'01
7:44 a.m.
Nope. This winged, rocket-propelled, and tv-guided bomb sank an Italian
battleship late in the war. The British called it the 'Chase me Charlie'
bomb. It was pretty effective when used by a trained crew. It was guided
from the launching aircraft by an operator with a
joystick.
Regards,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: URL for "The Wench Bench"
CLeyson(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> Interenting topic. How the hell do you build electronics that survives
15000G
> !
> Got any technical info on RF proximity fuses ? I read somewhere that
they
> used the capacitance between shell nozecone and
target to pull the osc
off
> frequency, a bit like a Theramin.
>
> BTW, the Germans developed a remotely controlled TV guided bomb during
WW2.
> Luckily for the allies the picture broke up as
the bomb approached its
target
and
development was stopped.
Nope they were picking up early 'I love Lucy' shows by mistake.
Anyhow I thought the V2 was the last ditch bomb of the war.
--
Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's --
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