Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
The Re4 version was not going to be used just like any missile. It was going to be used only for high value targets and thus would have a special warhead and a different nose.
While it did not have the autopilot and air log device, it did have an electrically powered gyrocompass. I can only imagine that visual pilotage navigation given that tiny canopy and the limited view allowed past that long nose and wings ideally situated to interfere with seeing the ground would have been all but impossible in that fast moving little nightmare. So the gyrocompass was essential.
The two seat version would have offered not only opportunities for training but also a more cost effective way to get rid of fanatical Nazis.
Notice that only the manned versions had ailerons; the stock unmanned missiles did not.
View attachment 604779View attachment 604780View attachment 604778
It's true though. The Germans attempted a clever ploy to extract impact location data by including lettersfrom POW's. This incident was related in several books I've read. Suffice to say, British intelligence weren't taken in by that one!Not in the manuals i have.
Does anyone know what the Americans used (if any) on their LOON rip-off of the V-1?It seems there were a couple of different designs for the Bucket and the manned version did not have one, since it used a plywood nose cap with the fuse added later.
Note that in one case the protective cap is located on the warhead BEFORE the outer shell is installed. View attachment 604677View attachment 604678View attachment 604679View attachment 604680
Yes, installed in the rear tail-cone but not for every missile, just a statistical sampling quantity. Does anyone knowhow many FuG23-equipped V-1's were launched? Was it also used in the Antwerp V-1 campaign?Not just a bomb with wings it had radio. FuG 23 sender (march 1944 manual.) See also "Why is there a Bucket on your nose Mr. DOODLEBUG??"
View attachment 604661
You mean the JB-2, which was a copy of the V-1, which was a rip-off of the Kettering Bug?Does anyone know what the Americans used (if any) on their LOON rip-off of the V-1?
Now, now. you're putting words in my mouth! ...and are you in for a surprise: the 'Kettering Bug' was a belated rip-off of Sperry's pioneering pilotless missile work and moreover in that time period there were about 3 such bug projects. None that I recall used the V-1's pneumatically-driven gyro flight controls - and certainly not pulse-jet propulsion!You mean the JB-2, which was a copy of the V-1, which was a rip-off of the Kettering Bug?
The JB-2 was planned to be used against Japanese defenses during the invasion of the home islands (being launched from modified LSTs) which of course didn't happen. There was some testing after the war, but the Loon was never used in combat.
Speaking of fuses for the Loon, here is a little something. I also did some research on the USN Bat missile and have thought how we could have combined the two missiles to produce a long range air launched fire and forget missile.
You got a "winner" for reminding me of the Kettering Bug.You mean the JB-2, which was a copy of the V-1, which was a rip-off of the Kettering Bug?
The JB-2 was planned to be used against Japanese defenses during the invasion of the home islands (being launched from modified LSTs) which of course didn't happen. There was some testing after the war, but the Loon was never used in combat.
Um...no....and are you in for a surprise: the 'Kettering Bug' was a belated rip-off of Sperry's pioneering pilotless missile work and moreover in that time period there were about 3 such bug projects.
Um...no.
Sperry was brought into the project by Kettering (who founded Delco) because of Sperry's gyroscope invention.
Just the same as Kettering had Orville Wright over-see the design and manufacturing of the "Bug" (through Wright's company) and had Ford Motor company manufacture the engines.
The Kettering Bug was the world's first cruise missile and the V-1 concept and guidance system were a result of Kettering's invention.
Not by my reading of the thoroughly comprehensive biography on Sperry. There was much cross-fertilisation between the three American drone projects due to the personnel involved but either way, you can be sure the V-1 designers didn't reference Kettering's work. They had inspiration much closer to home originating in WW1 drone missile work with Zeppelin's as the carrier.Um...no.
Sperry was brought into the project by Kettering (who founded Delco) because of Sperry's gyroscope invention.
Just the same as Kettering had Orville Wright over-see the design and manufacturing of the "Bug" (through Wright's company) and had Ford Motor company manufacture the engines.
The Kettering Bug was the world's first cruise missile and the V-1 concept and guidance system were a result of Kettering's invention.
I recieved a nice german wartime drawing of the leaflet container part from a developer of the Bodengerät. I tried to put it up here but the attach files button don't work. Any clue?The nose distance measuring turbine could be used to drive an odograph to provide navigation. I imagine the pilots weren't going to be great navigators and would use the auto-pilot most of the way.
Is there anything in the manual about the compartments that could discharge propaganda leaflets? Ive always though the V1 would be a useful way of discharging windows/chaff
I recieved a nice german wartime drawing of the leaflet container part from a developer of the Bodengerät. I tried to put it up here but the attach files button don't work. Any clue?
Like you, I've encountered similar problems in the past. What is annoying is that it seems inconsistent, occasionally, as if by 'magic' fixing itself by trying later. If worse comes to worst, up-load it to imgur and post the link to us.I recieved a nice german wartime drawing of the leaflet container part from a developer of the Bodengerät. I tried to put it up here but the attach files button don't work. Any clue?