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Originally Posted by murphyaa
Just be careful if you happen to fly it around an RC airfield that has Spitfires. Somebody might try and tip it off course...although that might be an idea for a fun game.
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Read somewhere that the Clipwing Spitfires had to dive allowing very limited engaement. The only fighter that could work was the Hawker Tempest due to the lower altitude of engagement. There was only about 30 of these avaialble and they were relocated to deal with the threat.
In a history of the various rockets the 3rd Reich used, I read about the guidance system and how it basically rode a radio beam allowing the gyros to self stabilize it. One of the very first analog computers was used to determine if it strayed to far from the beam, and correct if necessary.
It was a hard choice to use this design for my project. In the end, it was the only reasonable layout to use though for safety reasons.
Best regards,
Mike Bauer