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Offline Rino

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Whoo Hoo A contender!
« on: June 29, 2009, 03:54:15 PM »
     I finally found something that the suicide land grabbers can get behind!  :aok

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/bq-4.html

     It's perfect, can go in midwar, was used in squadron service and actually worked
about 1/3 of the time!  No more Lightning/Typhoon cruise missiles  :rofl
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Offline Anodizer

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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2009, 05:05:22 PM »
Quote from: Rino on June 29, 2009, 03:54:15 PM
     I finally found something that the suicide land grabbers can get behind!  :aok

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/bq-4.html

     It's perfect, can go in midwar, was used in squadron service and actually worked
about 1/3 of the time!  No more Lightning/Typhoon cruise missiles  :rofl

Germans had something similar but it was a remotely guided missile with a T.V. camera..  It was launched from a Ju-88 iirc and was used to intercept and destroy
bombers..  I'm not sure that it was operational before the end of the war..  I'm too lazy to look this up but I'm thinking it was the Rurstal or something like that..
Was years ago on Discovery (before Discovery Wings or Military Channel (wings of the luftwaffe) that I saw this...
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2009, 06:23:32 PM »
i watch wings of the luftwaffe all the time and i saw that episode yesterday......although i thought it was more of a remote controlled V-1 Buzzbomb.  or something like that
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 08:27:11 PM »
Quote from: branch37 on June 29, 2009, 06:23:32 PM
i watch wings of the luftwaffe all the time and i saw that episode yesterday......although i thought it was more of a remote controlled V-1 Buzzbomb.  or something like that

Nah, it was a finned, not winged, missile...
Looked like this...

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Offline TonyJoey

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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 08:38:39 PM »
Quote from: Anodizer on June 29, 2009, 08:27:11 PM
Nah, it was a finned, not winged, missile...
Looked like this...
(Image removed from quote.)


Isn't that called an X-4, or something? Could be mistaken, but somewhere remember seeing X-4 attached with that pic.
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 09:59:21 PM »
 :lol I fear Phan has been turned to the dark side.
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2009, 10:05:44 PM »
Quote from: hubsonfire on June 29, 2009, 09:59:21 PM
:lol I fear Phan has been turned to the dark side.

     Oh come on, what could be more fun that chasing clouds of slow drones
laden with 2,000 pounds of explosive?  :D
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2009, 11:26:43 PM »
The Germans were also toying with slinging JU-88s that had their cockpits replaced entirely with explosives to the underside of FW-190s to be chucked at large targets.
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2009, 12:01:25 AM »
Quote from: Rino on June 29, 2009, 10:05:44 PM
     Oh come on, what could be more fun that chasing clouds of slow drones
laden with 2,000 pounds of explosive?  :D

Well, when you put it that way... you make a good point.  :devil
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2009, 12:14:53 AM »
Quote from: OOZ662 on June 29, 2009, 11:26:43 PM
The Germans were also toying with slinging JU-88s that had their cockpits replaced entirely with explosives to the underside of FW-190s to be chucked at large targets.

They did more than toy with them, they were used operationally. Do a search for Ju88 Mistel aircraft.
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2009, 12:16:25 AM »
Yeah, I couldn't remember the name and hence couldn't look it up, so I didn't know if they were operational or not. :D
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2009, 08:58:26 AM »
This would be great. With this technology, the pilot could now simply sit behind a computer screen and use a joystick to guide the virtual plane anywhere he wanted it to go. Amazing!


.... hey, wait a minute.....

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Offline trigger2

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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2009, 10:24:06 AM »
Quote from: hammer on June 30, 2009, 08:58:26 AM
This would be great. With this technology, the pilot could now simply sit behind a computer screen and use a joystick to guide the virtual plane anywhere he wanted it to go. Amazing!

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Woah...

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Re: Whoo Hoo A contender!
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2009, 03:51:36 PM »
Well if we're going to have a drone, I'd think a war weary B17 or B24 filled with Torpex would be the way to go.  The suicide 4 engine bomber guys would have an excuse then :)
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