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Each turret had it's own analog computer. Here's an explanation by the curator at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOX-2d9qLec
by chiph 1y ago
Each turret had it's own analog computer. Here's an explanation by the curator at The Museum of Flight in Seattle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOX-2d9qLec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOX-2d9qLec
The B-29 also had ECM detectors and transmitters, so they could block enemy radar signals.
- Animats 1y agoThe animated training film for B-29 gunners.[1] For a sense of what air to air gunnery is like without computer assistance, see the corresponding training film for B-17 gunners. [2]. [1] https://archive.org/details/19584-army-air-forces-gunnery-in-the-b-29-how-to-shoot-vwr https://archive.org/details/19584-army-air-forces-gunnery-in... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHOVUKOc0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHOVUKOc0M
- xyzelement 1y agoReally enjoyed this. A few months ago I took an Appleseed rifle skills course. It's amazing what goes inyo "just" hitting a static target from a static position at 25 yards with soft time constraints. It's amazing what goes into hitting a moving target from a moving plane in a few seconds.
- matheusmoreira 1y agoI love these military training movies, they're so good at teaching complex concepts. This one about celestial navigation is really good as well: https://youtu.be/UV1V9-nnaAs https://youtu.be/UV1V9-nnaAs
- yread 1y agoSo it basically worked like dogfights in starwars ep.4
- Hikikomori 1y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo "Secret History of Silicon Valley" talks a lot about electronic warfare of ww2.
- shakow 1y agoThe best video on the topic I ever watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRszjV07ZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRszjV07ZQ