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To: Regulator
That's the way I'd always heard it was done too. But the article states...

"...and fighter pilots learned to tip the V1s off-course with the turbulence from their wings..."

That would clear up the "fender bender" issue that I'd wondered about.

I'm just glad that America's German scientist were better than the Soviet's German scientist for the "Space Race".

10 posted on 11/06/2018 12:35:40 PM PST by skimbell
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To: skimbell

America’s German scientists had a reason to work better.


12 posted on 11/06/2018 12:37:59 PM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: skimbell

Yeah. Maybe I should read the article. Tip vortices would definitely cause a problem for the lower wing.

But I heard about this as a kid in the ‘60s, that the Spits would just give ‘em a calibrated whack. Maybe an interpretation that observers on the ground saw.


14 posted on 11/06/2018 12:50:29 PM PST by Regulator
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To: skimbell

Bernoulli’s principle


16 posted on 11/06/2018 12:54:47 PM PST by DFG
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