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batsguy said:sorry about the Vague...What I understand is that this Mark Willey worked on the Me-262 project...there was a recent (1943) quote about a request by Adolf Hitler for info on the bomb rack implementation on the Jet. Apparently this Mark Willey worked under Herman Goering. I just wanted to know if there was some history on this guy.
KraziKanuK said:Udet,
as Lune said the Hitler's order to make the 262 a bomber did not hold back the a/c. Messerschmitt was all ready looking at attaching bomb racks to the a/c before Hitler's order.
When Goering told Willey that Hitler wanted bombs on the 262, Willey replied that 'we have always provided for 2 bomb racks' When asked how long to add, Willey replied '2 weeks'. The only thing to be done was add fairings to the racks. This was on Nov. 2 1943.
Yes but my point was, isn't the purpose behind the specificatin of pulse-doppler radar that the technique was not utlised by the technology in early fire-control radars?evangilder said:Keep in mind that the Dopler effect is essentially the principle behind radar. It is how the wave is reflected and changed when it returns to the antenna. To give a great example of Doppler shift, stand next to a train. As the train approaches, the sound appears to go higher. This is caused by the waves compressing as they travel toward you. After it passes, the picth changes again because the waves are stretching as they travel away from you. They aren't really stretching and compressing, they just get that way from the movement of the object.
So how the wave is returned to the radar indicates the direction of the aircraft in the radar range.
Smokey said:From Thunder Lightnings http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/memories.html
They developed a powerful air conditioning system to keep the pilots cool. Semi-conductors would not work above 65°C, so they stuck to using vacuum-tube avionics, even for the radar. It was a monster item of equipment, weighing in at slightly over half a ton. Its pulse-Doppler search and track were basic, but the valve technology and its awesome power gave it unmatched power to burn through the thickest electronic jamming to a range of fifty miles, it would kill a rabbit at one kilometre if activated on the ground.
Is this true?