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01-15-2016, 08:24 PM
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Declassified film of early US army UAV prototype
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnYqskCSzBk
Test flights of the Kettering Arial Torpedo, ending with a 16 mile flight over the Florida Keys filmed from a DH4. More information and patent drawings are available http://www.uh.edu/engines/thebugpatent.jpg No. 2044: Kettering's Buzz Bomb https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ing-bug-1.jpeg Kettering Aerial Torpedo Bug by Dan Sproul https://origins.osu.edu/sites/origin...%281918%29.png A 1:1 scale model is on display at the Air Force Museum. There was a short thread about it here at papermodelers Kettering Aerial Torpedo (Bug) Last edited by John Wagenseil; 01-15-2016 at 08:35 PM. 
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01-16-2016, 12:53 PM
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My first hand view
As a frequent visitor to the Dayton AF museum, here is a picture I snapped of this plane.
 Early attempt in delivering ordnance over a long distance without the heavy metal needed from a conventional cannon or a ship. The technology really did not allow for anything close to precision. But at that early stage, they were happy if it even went over the horizon in the general direction desired. Isaac
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01-16-2016, 05:01 PM
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01-16-2016, 06:43 PM
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World's first cruise missile... predated the V-1 "buzz bomb" by nearly a quarter century...
Radio control might be theoretically possible, but easily subject to jamming... Later! OL J R
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01-17-2016, 12:14 AM
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Watching that video, I get the idea they were happy if it even left the ground.
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01-17-2016, 08:35 AM
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The use of an under-powered rail launch system contributed to the crashes on launch. They should have just catapulted it to the air. Oh well, I am sure it was just as much fun crashing the drone as it was to see it fly! Isaac
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01-20-2016, 03:17 AM
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Speaking of leaving the ground...
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