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"Why is there a Bucket on your nose Mr. DOODLEBUG??"
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I'm envious! But tell me, that's part 6. How many parts are there? Do you have all of them?
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i have them all 7 parts in total. Also for the V-2
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Peter Gunn
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I must compliment you on your refreshing attitude, some here would rear up and defend a debunked position ad infinitum, but you've chosen the path of knowledge (and cordiality I might add), kudos to you.
GrauGeist
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Exactly - the V1 was literally a bomb with wings. Like any ordnance that requires a fuse/detonator, it will not be shipped with it's triggering system installed.
Snautzer01
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Not just a bomb with wings it had radio. FuG 23 sender (march 1944 manual.) See also "Why is there a Bucket on your nose Mr. DOODLEBUG??"
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MIflyer
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It seems there were a couple of different designs for the Bucket and the manned version did not have one, since it used a plywood nose cap with the fuse added later.
Note that in one case the protective cap is located on the warhead BEFORE the outer shell is installed.
Note that in one case the protective cap is located on the warhead BEFORE the outer shell is installed.
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MIflyer
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The one in Post #30 is listed in the Monogram book as being a manned Re4 version that had an unmanned version nose attached just for photo purposes. They never built any like that.
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Ok. If Monogram says it, it must be true.
GrauGeist
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There were quite a few Fi103Rs seen with the "Bucket" on the nose
Either version would employ the same detonator mechanism in the same nose cone, the piloted version would not need the distance measuring apparatus, of course.
Either version would employ the same detonator mechanism in the same nose cone, the piloted version would not need the distance measuring apparatus, of course.
MIflyer
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That is another shot of the same Re4 with the nose off the stock missile. The Monogram book shows the Re4 manned version as having a distinctly different nose, using a plywood nose cone with a cap on the front, like a helmet stuck on it.
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I have an ebay collection from years back. I know something about it.
The nose distance measuring turbine could be used to drive an odograph to provide navigation. I imagine the pilots weren't going to be great navigators and would use the auto-pilot most of the way.
Is there anything in the manual about the compartments that could discharge propaganda leaflets? Ive always though the V1 would be a useful way of discharging windows/chaff
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Not in the manuals i have.
MIflyer
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The Re4 version was not going to be used just like any missile. It was going to be used only for high value targets and thus would have a special warhead and a different nose.
While it did not have the autopilot and air log device, it did have an electrically powered gyrocompass. I can only imagine that visual pilotage navigation given that tiny canopy and the limited view allowed past that long nose and wings ideally situated to interfere with seeing the ground would have been all but impossible in that fast moving little nightmare. So the gyrocompass was essential.
The two seat version would have offered not only opportunities for training but also a more cost effective way to get rid of fanatical Nazis.
Notice that only the manned versions had ailerons; the stock unmanned missiles did not.
While it did not have the autopilot and air log device, it did have an electrically powered gyrocompass. I can only imagine that visual pilotage navigation given that tiny canopy and the limited view allowed past that long nose and wings ideally situated to interfere with seeing the ground would have been all but impossible in that fast moving little nightmare. So the gyrocompass was essential.
The two seat version would have offered not only opportunities for training but also a more cost effective way to get rid of fanatical Nazis.
Notice that only the manned versions had ailerons; the stock unmanned missiles did not.
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