DIY cruise missile thwarted

It had a compressed air powered gyroscopic autopilot to maintain flight attitude. It also had a gyrocompass to control direction. The autopilot also had a barometric altimeter. As mentioned, it had a totalizing anemometer to determine flight distance, ie when to tip over into its final dive. Typically the engine would flame out at this point due to fuel starvation (fuel pickup was at the rear of the tank).

Since the V1 had no external navigational references, gyro drift and the winds aloft would often cause it to miss its target by miles. Bruce's use of a GPS to provide an external navigational reference eliminates that problem.

In terms of cheap, the V1 cost $500 to produce. Correcting for inflation, that's about $5,000 in modern dollarettes. The latter is the target cost of Bruce's missile.

Gary

Even so, if you value your freedom you need to reign in the beaurocrats.

I use a large hypodermic with a blunted needle to drip cutting fluid when turning or milling. From what I've read, I could be arrested if I lived in the People's Republic of Kalifornia for possesion of "drug paraphanailia". It used to be a nice place.

Ted

I don't think so. I live in Ca and I can drive to Fry's and get a bag of syringes with any size blunt needles no questions asked, as many as I want.

California is still an ok place. Better than a couple of states that start with the letter M at least.

I use a 1 ml. syringe without the needle to administer the thrice daily 0.5ml. dosage of expectorant to our 12 pound tyrant puppy. I'm glad my vigilante neighbours haven't caught me yet. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Yep - for putting oil in it. :-)

Martin

CA is indeed an OK place, Care to say which M states you dislike, and why?

snipped-for-privacy@invalid.email.address (phil hunt) wrote

(Giggles)

With a cruise missle? :)

Or maybe a fax campaign?

Yours, (via Google)

Doug Goncz Replikon Research Seven Corners, VA 22044

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:22:09 -0600, Don Foreman brought forth from the murky depths:

That's an easy one. Most are too far north (brrr!) and too far East. Hell, UPS wants 10 days to bring a package out here from there.

Others are too far south (can you say "sauna"?)

All are -way- too humid for too long each year.

IYAMHIKT: I was raised in arKansas and grew up in CA.

-- Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud. ----

Having lived in Mass for awhile, I'd not want to go back. Horrible humidity and people that never smile. The history is great though.

Having known several friends from Mich, I've always wondered why Ca. always gets the socialist rap.

As to the others, I can't say. 10 months in Huntsville, AL, courtesy of the US Army is about all I know about the deep south, and from what I've heard, Huntsville isn't a very good example.

Having come from Washington state, Maine actually seems quite interesting, beings both states are sort of standoffish from the rest. Seattle excepted of course.

Well, time to see how many people I've pissed off.