ugoday@cs.buffalo.edu (Abdi Oday) (01/26/89)
From: ugoday@cs.buffalo.edu (Abdi Oday) gudeman@arizona.edu (David Gudeman) writes: >> ... How about a forward-pointing >> heat-seeking missle with a drag chute? When you have someone on your >> tail, you release the missile, the missile pops its chute and the >> parachute holds the missile (approximately) in place until the enemy >> plane has passed. After a delay the missile looks for a heat source. >> When it finds one, it fires up, releases the chute, and homes in on >> the enemy tailpipe. ... I see one major problem with this idea. 1/2 second after you release the missle (reminder it is a heat seeking missle, which you said should be programmed to ignore its locked-on target if it senses a stronger signal), your tail pipe is only a few feet away from the missle's nose! What is to keep it from going up your own tail pipe? -Abdi O'day Abdi Oday Phone: (716) 636-3004 University at Buffalo BITNET: ugoday@sunybcs.BITNET Internet: ugoday@cs.Buffalo.EDU UUCP: ...!{ames,boulder,decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!ugoday