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Forum: Tech Log

17th Feb 2016, 14:14

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Laser threat defence

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I don't mean track electronically, I mean use...

I don't mean track electronically, I mean use some device to follow the aeroplane's track.

I can track an aeroplane with my camera, or a rabbit across a field with a rifle.

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Forum: Tech Log

17th Feb 2016, 13:08

Replies: 52

Laser threat defence

Views: 9,208

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Hellishly lucky! The longest lens on my...

Hellishly lucky!

The longest lens on my camera is 1200mm, which will fill the frame with a large aircraft a mile or so away. It's not much short of a miracle if I can keep tracking an aeroplane...

Forum: Tech Log

17th Feb 2016, 12:10

Replies: 52

Laser threat defence

Views: 9,208

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Bringing a bit of maths in myself. If you...

Bringing a bit of maths in myself.

If you were at FL360, let's say that you were impacted at 45° angle below the horizon, as from directly below you wouldn't enter the cockpit. So from surface,...

Forum: Tech Log

16th Feb 2016, 12:24

Replies: 52

Laser threat defence

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Laser threat defence

In light of the news on Monday about a laser attack on a Virgin 744, a few of us have just spent our lunch hour chewing over the issue.

Apart from the usual sentiments involving locking up the...

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