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Offline lazs2

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Yep... ol joe  lucas... the prince of darkness... did he have anyrthing to do with the IFF system electonics in the tornado?
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2003, 10:19:03 AM »
i thought the english used Bosch electonics now?

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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2003, 10:36:54 AM »
Tragically, Lucas IS a player in military avionics and actuation.  And I believe there are Lucas systems on the Tornado as well as things like Airbus.

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2003, 11:29:45 AM »
i find it hard to believe that the Tornado's IFF system failed. if it had wouldnt it have been shot down earlier by some marauding coalition fighter jock looking for a kill? or vectored onto by awacs?

Whats your thoughts on this?
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2003, 12:15:22 PM »
The Patriot fired on two tornados, flying in close formation back to base. One took evasive action, the missile missed it and it struck the following plane.

Who is Joe Lucas?

And why the automatic assumption that the Tornado systems are at fault?

I seem to remember an F-16 also being targetted by a Patriot, before being blown to smithereens. It's a shame the Tornado crew didn't do the same, given that the launcher is a good distance away from the crew that mans it.
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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2003, 01:53:49 PM »
yeh...them pilots should be given permission to smack any missile systems targeting them. friendly or otherwise.

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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2003, 02:38:02 PM »
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Originally posted by Dowding

Who is Joe Lucas?

 


Some genius who makes awesome electrical systems for cars. :D

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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2003, 03:22:52 PM »
Are you alluding to that electrical fault that caused cars to explode if they had the indicator on and were hit from the rear?

I can't be arsed to get out google. :D
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2003, 03:53:08 PM »
no Dowding, i worked on british cars in 60's ,70's and 80's and the lucas electrical parts were not of very high quality, but i did make a lot of money replacing them.

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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2003, 06:32:34 PM »
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Originally posted by Dowding
The Patriot fired on two tornados, flying in close formation back to base. One took evasive action, the missile missed it and it struck the following plane.

Who is Joe Lucas?

And why the automatic assumption that the Tornado systems are at fault?

I seem to remember an F-16 also being targetted by a Patriot, before being blown to smithereens. It's a shame the Tornado crew didn't do the same, given that the launcher is a good distance away from the crew that mans it.


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« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2003, 06:51:26 PM »
Lol tronski - love this one:

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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2003, 06:58:51 PM »
The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."

If Lucas made guns, wars would not start.

A friend of mine told everybody he never had any electric problems with his Lucas equipment. Today he lives in the countryside, in a large manor with lots of friendly servants around him an an occasional ice cold shower...

Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment: Check the position of the stars,kill a chicken and walk three times clockwise around your car chanting:" Oh mighty Prince of Darkness protect your unworthy servant.."
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2003, 07:00:05 PM »
The price of Freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle, anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness...

...at home, or abroad.

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« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2003, 08:02:25 PM »
Electrical Theory by Joseph Lucas
Positive ground depends upon proper circuit functioning, the transmission of negative ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke". Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work; we know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of the electrical system, it stops working._ This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing._ When, for example, the smoke escapes from an electrical component (i.e., say, a Lucas voltage regulator), it will be observed that the component stops working. The function of the wire harness is to carry the smoke from one device to another; when the wire harness "springs a leak", and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterwards. Starter motors were frowned upon in British Automobiles for some time, largely because they consume large quantities of smoke, requiring very large wires.

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« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2003, 08:03:13 PM »
Underlying Philosophy of Lucas Products:  "A gentleman does not motor about after dark."