Alternate weapons and equipment-1950s

aktarian · Jul 1, 2004

It apears I was wrong and that article was about pre-WW2 tests. That I get for referencing article I reads years back when I wasn't as interested in tech as now.

Straha · Jul 1, 2004

ED(Mister) said:
Melvin. Thank you so much for mentioning the flying flapjack. sounds like somethin Straha could use.

LOL what does it look like?

edvader · Jul 1, 2004

.OK. Guess you didn't see May 2004 Smithsonian AIRSPACE. It roughly pancake sized . Just like a flapjack or pancake. It was reportedly too slow and not too manuverable.

Straha · Jul 1, 2004

ED(Mister) said:
.OK. Guess you didn't see May 2004 Smithsonian AIRSPACE. It roughly pancake sized . Just like a flapjack or pancake. It was reportedly too slow and not too manuverable.

sounds like the saucerjet the germans were rumored to have in WWII.... sounds interesting.

edvader · Jul 1, 2004

Anyone. DID the US have a version of the old V-1? I saw a picture of it in the Air&Space Museum guide book.

DuQuense · Jul 1, 2004

.OK. Guess you didn't see May 2004 Smithsonian AIRSPACE. It roughly pancake sized . Just like a flapjack or pancake. It was reportedly too slow and not too manuverable.

IF someone had put a skirt around the flapjack, The US would have invented the Hovercraft 5 years before Crocker and the British.

DuQuense · Jul 1, 2004

What about that ground effect flying wing thingy, of the Russians.

DMA · Jul 1, 2004

ED(Mister) said:
Anyone. DID the US have a version of the old V-1? I saw a picture of it in the Air&Space Museum guide book.

Yup. It was called the Snark. Here a link to the FAS website http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/sm-62.htm

aktarian · Jul 2, 2004

DuQuense said:
What about that ground effect flying wing thingy, of the Russians.

That one proved to work. US is using same aproach to design Pelican ultra-large transport plane.

Guilherme Loureiro · Jul 2, 2004

Not the Snark, that was another project(and a failure at that). The V-1 copy was called the Loon, IIRC, and it was only built for evaluation purposes.

DMA · Jul 2, 2004

Guilherme Loureiro said:
Not the Snark, that was another project(and a failure at that). The V-1 copy was called the Loon, IIRC, and it was only built for evaluation purposes.

I though it was teh Snark, but anyway. Nonetheless it was developed from the V-1 although it had a jet engine according to the FAS website.