I think this is true, and even if its not, it should be!




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Chris

Damn that pilot - why did he have to show some sense?? Very tempted to write to the RAF asking them to remove the safety override facility for the pilots!!!

Urban myth, I'm afraid.

It's quite a famous one, and often quoted (although the aircraft in question often varies!)

Yup, a (bit of a) hoax.

Sidewinders are heat-seeking missiles, not radar or jamming guided. it is true that some speed measuring equipment is affected by the jamming systems on aircraft (a mate of mine used to work on the air ranges) - I'd have thought that the handheld stuff uses laser rangefinding rather than radar though, which can't be jammed....

Last time i heard this hoax i was riding around on me Dinosaur

i actually think the internet was created just to spread this hoax around hehe

300mph? must be the propeller version

sidewinder is also intended to be an air to air missile, from my game playing days its the maverick that's air to ground & i think that was laser targetted

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Originally posted by MikeR
sidewinder is also intended to be an air to air missile, from my game playing days its the maverick that's air to ground & i think that was laser targetted

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Here you go, 1995 or earlier.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

This one i think is trueLinky

I must of read that thing 10-15 times and every time I see it I read it again!

It's ace!

Steve

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Originally posted by richardlee237
This one i think is trueLinky

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Originally posted by vinny1275
I'd have thought that the handheld stuff uses laser rangefinding rather than radar though, which can't be jammed....

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Yep Sidewinder ia definitely air to air. I've built loads of them. In fact I think I still have a wiring diagram for one somewhere