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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
'Ken, RQ-1 Or MQ-1 With A 95-0432 Tail#'...
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tigisfat
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It's got one of those sensors that all the choppers have. I've wondered what they are. They look most like something to help the crew get some disco going.
That would be an IR jammer.
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Ken Stallings
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LOL!!!
The "thing" on top is merely an IR strobe. It's fairly standard stuff.
Cheers,
Ken
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
AHA! now I know what keeps spoofing my TV remote and changing channels to the Food Network
CG_1976
Ret. US Coastie/RCAF
AHA! now I know what keeps spoofing my TV remote and changing channels to the Food Network
Nah thats the CU-170 Heron
While I'm not an expert on these unmanned drones, most helicopters in the US inventory are fitted with AN/ALQ-144 IR jammers (or something similar), right?
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tigisfat
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Is that just a tool that aids the situational awareness of others or something?
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Ken Stallings
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It's a strobe, as in light.
It just illuminates in the infrared spectrum.
It's a glorified light bulb! That's all.
Cheers,
Ken
It just illuminates in the infrared spectrum.
It's a glorified light bulb! That's all.
Cheers,
Ken