I concede I cannot give a good answer on the fuel. Ethanol vapor is explosive when mixed with air. But the situation is too complicated. I guess...
Just another thought on how this would have played out if it is was considered. As far as I know, it wasn't. The Germans would certainly have used...
Not sure exactly on your scenario. The way I look at is the warhead detonates, and that blast wave propagates into the mass of the rocket which is...
It makes no sense economically. Just using what you have in a catastrophic situation. Large scale use may not have been needed. Successful...
That is perfectly possible, and might have been the best way. I've left it fueled so as to have numbers from the actual rocket for a conservative...
What you get for your secondary blast is not obvious to me. Could be fire, could be explosion. I tend to think the vaporized oxygen would...
Thanks for feedback, this is interesting. You won't be in the box long, fusing is critical. Even being in the box may be a tough shot. But the...
There is a trick here that I did omit. I think you're right this would not have been practical as a general air defense. The odds are too poor...
That was recognized, and there was a post on it, but I'll repost what I said. The V-1 first started working in mid June, those were the first...
Here's my motivation, in the battle of Normandy there was only one unused asset. At least in Normandy, though it played its role indirectly by...
You were fast in posting, I had just updated those numbers, used a wrong set. All I have done is do a rough calculation based upon existing...
The link posted has some hard values derived from the US military defense of Antwerp of the V-1. The ranging error was given to be 6 miles per 100...
I missed your post, like the items you brought up. Here's the reasoning, and a few responses to your points. The bombers are flying in tight box...
Good comments/questions lwd. I had been reading up on the Antwerp V1 attacks, and found some good information. For London attacks, a 10 mile CEP...
So I'll do a summary of some key advantages that I think would occur with Normandy beach targets. If there are responses, I'll reply. Otherwise,...
No argument with hitting the ships. I rethought that premise, and agree it would be a poor use. It was thought that didn't pan out from the data....
Re-positioning was a missed word, I actually meant re-pointing. A simple change in direction. I believe that most of the V-1 ramps in use were the...
Yes, that is true, the 'cruise missile' idea is not well founded on the actual information available. The lower possible height I saw posted was...
lwd, thanks for the detailed and thoughtful answers! I believe I may have learned a bit as this topic has progressed. I think I can differentiate...
I'm nothing if not persistent. The very bad accuracy at the distance of London was I think some function of the extreme range for the weapon....
