They probably aren't going to attract heat seeking missiles.Are WWII aircraft engines hot enough to attract heat seeking missiles?
I've been reading an ISOT fic where poow leedle G4M bombers of the IJN get fireballed by ASRAAMs.
This made me wonder - would IR missiles (Sidewinder, Atol/Aphid/Archer, etc.) lock on to WWII era engines?
Yes, but would probably not lock on from max range.Are WWII aircraft engines hot enough to attract heat seeking missiles?
I've been reading an ISOT fic where poow leedle G4M bombers of the IJN get fireballed by ASRAAMs.
This made me wonder - would IR missiles (Sidewinder, Atol/Aphid/Archer, etc.) lock on to WWII era engines?
Those engine ran much hotter than modern day car engines and Sidewinders have been successfully used against Cessnas in South America on multiple occasions, with Cessnas having less powerful engine and less hot exhaust than WWII fighters.Those engines run about as hot as an automobile engine
Those engine ran much hotter than modern day car engines and Sidewinders have been successfully used against Cessnas in South America on multiple occasions, with Cessnas having less powerful engine and less hot exhaust than WWII fighters.
Guess I'm wrong about the missiles seeking capabilities.Yes, but would probably not lock on from max range.
Those engine ran much hotter than modern day car engines and Sidewinders have been successfully used against Cessnas in South America on multiple occasions, with Cessnas having less powerful engine and less hot exhaust than WWII fighters.
It certainly can in manufacturing, probably not in the field. New ones probably don't need that anyway because they have electronic systems to help with lock-on and with discriminating against decoys.BTW - can the sensitivity (is this the correct word?) of the IR sensor of a Sidewinder/ASRAAM/whatever be adjusted?
Or if you tell me that you'd have to kill me afterwards?
I'd think that the engine block will be the hottest part of an WWII airplane, the part that the seeker on the missile would ... erm ... seek out.As for temperature. Flame temperature is what it is and a lot of WWII aircraft engines were designed for 87 Octane. That's "regular unleaded" where I live.
Weirdly enough, using 100/130 in an engine designed for 87 actually hurts its performance because it's not as volatile and does not burn as quickly.87 octane is for beginners. Late WW2 is 100-130 octane.
WWII-era battery powered torpedos and the submarines which went on patrol used lead-acid batteries. That's the same type of battery as the one your car has when you turn the ignition key to start the engine.I am following a "modern military ISOT to WWII" fic featuring a submarine, which made me wonder:
how complicated would it be to modify the sub to launch "dumb" torpedoes of 1941 vintage? The tube diameter is the same, 533mm ...
But what about anciliaries? Thingies for setting the course and depth of the torpedo?
For simplicity let us assume that the available DT fish are battery powered, thus no need for alcohol handling facilities.
A pre-WWI torpedo fired from shore sank Blücher in 1940. Her sister Prinz Eugen survived WWII and was still floating after getting nuked twice.As far as I remember the British still used their WWII vintage torpedoes on their nuclear subs well into 90's and sank Admiral Belgrano with them, so I reckon launchers are still compatible, the question is only how trained is personnel regarding the handling and use of these old model torpedoes.
Eating that small fish in the belly was only a small part of the story. The Bluecher was one unlucky ship as, besides the torpedo:A pre-WWI torpedo fired from shore sank Blücher in 1940
Use of electric powered torpedoes was not universal, gradually increasing during the course of the war. in 1939 the norm would be something called a wet heater, burning alcohol.WWII-era battery powered torpedos and the submarines which went on patrol used lead-acid batteries.
Initially - not at allthe question is only how trained is personnel regarding the handling and use of these old model torpedoes.
It wasa shot in the wine cellar is not only a mission kill, is a disaster of very grave proportions. Double if it is a french warship.
Messing up the wine cellar is going to irritate an Italian far more than it'll irritate a Frenchman. If you really want to irritate someone French: bake bread wrong.Well, a shot in the wine cellar is not only a mission kill, is a disaster of very grave proportions. Double if it is a french warship.
Messing up the wine cellar is going to irritate an Italian far more than it'll irritate a Frenchman. If you really want to irritate someone French: bake bread wrong.
Our family has a recipe for baguettes that takes 20hrs and is awfully close to what French professionals use. One of my brothers-in-law is French and we do it wrong.