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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
How twisted is it? And how much more twisting can it get before it snaps at say 10kms range?
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I don't know where you got this word "twisted". The twisted pair I mentioned is type of data transfer wire in which the pair of data transfer wires are twisted over each other to minimise noise through self induction. And as far as the problem of the cable getting twisted and streched and getting broken, some sensors and subrutine can be implemented at the point where wires are attached to the craft so the craft will orient itself in a manner so that the tesion in the wire and twist will always remain less than a predefined value. And the craft is not supposed to move upto ranges od 10 km. Just 2 km high and around 4 km horizontal that is around 3 km of cable.
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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Can you read a topigraphical map?
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I'm sure sir! you meant topographic. What I thought is I've tried to show in the simple image that I've attached. What I meant is that the controller will not be RIGHT BELOW the craft but the craft will be horizontally 1-2 kilometers awayfrom the controller and as I mentioned I assummed that even if the craft is spotted the cable can't be seen from FAR. So assuming cable is not visible knowing the topography will not help since the controller is not right below the craft so still there is entire range of at least 2 kilometers where the controller can be. Though the assumption of cable not being visible might not always hold in that case you are right. even if the controller will be our of the feild of view he CAN be pinpointed knowing the terrain.
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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Now that I think about it some more. This is not a practical idea. There's a reason why we don't fly kites in tree lines. There's a reason why we don't park a ARV in the open.
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Though I understand the thing does not have much use in attack but I still think it can be a good battle feild surveillence tool. Thanks for the information.
@lemontree Thanks for the info. I'm really NOT surprized to see the EXACT design as I thought. Though it's already 9 Yesr old
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BTW I got WAB as second link in google while typing keywords Kamov-137
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