URL for "The Wench Bench"

From: UberTechnoid <ubertechnoid_at_Home.com>
Date: Thu Dec 20 15:44:13 2001

Nope. This winged, rocket-propelled, and tv-guided bomb sank an Italian
battleship late in the war. The British called it the 'Chase me Charlie'
bomb. It was pretty effective when used by a trained crew. It was guided
from the launching aircraft by an operator with a joystick.

Regards,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: URL for "The Wench Bench"


> CLeyson_at_aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Interenting topic. How the hell do you build electronics that survives
15000G
> > !
> > Got any technical info on RF proximity fuses ? I read somewhere that
they
> > used the capacitance between shell nozecone and target to pull the osc
off
> > frequency, a bit like a Theramin.
> >
> > BTW, the Germans developed a remotely controlled TV guided bomb during
WW2.
> > Luckily for the allies the picture broke up as the bomb approached its
target
> > and
> > development was stopped.
>
> Nope they were picking up early 'I love Lucy' shows by mistake.
> Anyhow I thought the V2 was the last ditch bomb of the war.
>
> --
> Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's --
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