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- From: Charles.K.Scott@dartmouth.edu (Charles K. Scott)
- Subject: Re: Interesting Article on Japanese WWII Radar
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- Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:41:23 GMT
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- From Charles.K.Scott@dartmouth.edu (Charles K. Scott)
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- In article <C15ywt.LGz@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- James Parkyn <jparkyn@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
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- > Maybe the microwaves could disrupt the ignition system or cook the pilot,
- > but there were no control systems that I can recall until almost the end of the
- > war in planes such as the B-29 that had empty-state devices (vacuum tubes) in
- > (gasp) analog fire control computers. I really can't remember if they had
- > tube autopilots.
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- Most if not all American bombers had an autopilot. If they used the
- Norden bonbsight, they had to because the bombsight was coupled to the
- auto pilot and was flying the airplane during the run in to the target.
- These autopilots were gyros I believe, I don't think tubes were
- involved.
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- Corky Scott
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