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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: .... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
On Sep 14, 12:58*am, Dan wrote:
* *Antarctica gets very little snow which makes me wonder what CNN's definition of blizzard would be. Have a look at any of the cameras on the ice during a storm. Most of the snow comes in horizontally |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
george wrote:
On Sep 14, 12:58 am, Dan wrote: Antarctica gets very little snow which makes me wonder what CNN's definition of blizzard would be. Have a look at any of the cameras on the ice during a storm. Most of the snow comes in horizontally That's windblown ice. Antarctica's airmass is very dry, very little snowfall. Most of the place has had about 20 centimeters of snow over the past 50 years. Snow or ice can be blinding no matter the direction. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
"Dan" wrote in message ... george wrote: On Sep 14, 12:58 am, Dan wrote: Antarctica gets very little snow which makes me wonder what CNN's definition of blizzard would be. Have a look at any of the cameras on the ice during a storm. Most of the snow comes in horizontally That's windblown ice. Antarctica's airmass is very dry, very little snowfall. Most of the place has had about 20 centimeters of snow over the past 50 years. True on average of course but the coastal regions get around 40cm while the plateau gets 5cm or so. Keith |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in message
... On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: ... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken I only asked because the de-icing could also be used to keep the IR's warm enough to work in hostile conditions :-) Not having anything to do with MIL spec stuff in decades (and only having discussions with a mate who has recently retired from the US military, who's professional purview was all things IR and thermo [and only things of a distinctly NON military nature]) I might just put this too him as he now works for a military contractor, you never know it might just work :-) -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
On Sep 14, 6:07 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: ... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken I only asked because the de-icing could also be used to keep the IR's warm enough to work in hostile conditions :-) Not having anything to do with MIL spec stuff in decades (and only having discussions with a mate who has recently retired from the US military, who's professional purview was all things IR and thermo [and only things of a distinctly NON military nature]) I might just put this too him as he now works for a military contractor, you never know it might just work :-) Some people in the A-S station keep blogs, that I occasionally read, very interesting stuff, and they have email addresses. IIRC metal embittlement is a problem, so they need use the right alloys and so forth. Ken |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in message
... On Sep 14, 6:07 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: ... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken I only asked because the de-icing could also be used to keep the IR's warm enough to work in hostile conditions :-) Not having anything to do with MIL spec stuff in decades (and only having discussions with a mate who has recently retired from the US military, who's professional purview was all things IR and thermo [and only things of a distinctly NON military nature]) I might just put this too him as he now works for a military contractor, you never know it might just work :-) Some people in the A-S station keep blogs, that I occasionally read, very interesting stuff, and they have email addresses. IIRC metal embittlement is a problem, so they need use the right alloys and so forth. Ken care to share a URL or two :-) -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
On Sep 15, 4:26 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 14, 6:07 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: ... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken I only asked because the de-icing could also be used to keep the IR's warm enough to work in hostile conditions :-) Not having anything to do with MIL spec stuff in decades (and only having discussions with a mate who has recently retired from the US military, who's professional purview was all things IR and thermo [and only things of a distinctly NON military nature]) I might just put this too him as he now works for a military contractor, you never know it might just work :-) Some people in the A-S station keep blogs, that I occasionally read, very interesting stuff, and they have email addresses. IIRC metal embittlement is a problem, so they need use the right alloys and so forth. Ken care to share a URL or two :-) Ask this guy, he might know of some, http://www.southpolestation.com/ |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in message
... On Sep 15, 4:26 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 14, 6:07 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 6:05 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: "Ken S. Tucker" wrote in ... On Sep 13, 3:33 am, "Atheist Chaplain" wrote: ... High intensity IR LED's in the landing lights would do the job quite well without having to worry about the reflected active illumination from the main landing lights, in conjunction with IR reflectors (as used on the back of most military vehicles in night time full tactical situations) would finish the job, "Hell I have been doing some experiments with IR stuff for the last couple of months, and it would seem pretty trivial" http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89009.html MILspec goes to -40. I had a freezer to test electronics that went lower, wires shatter, metal brittles. You'll need to extend your specs to -120F. Ken your also assuming that the de-icing on the AC is turned off ?? :-), you can email the A-S base and ask them, maybe you have good idea! -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? LOL Ken I only asked because the de-icing could also be used to keep the IR's warm enough to work in hostile conditions :-) Not having anything to do with MIL spec stuff in decades (and only having discussions with a mate who has recently retired from the US military, who's professional purview was all things IR and thermo [and only things of a distinctly NON military nature]) I might just put this too him as he now works for a military contractor, you never know it might just work :-) Some people in the A-S station keep blogs, that I occasionally read, very interesting stuff, and they have email addresses. IIRC metal embittlement is a problem, so they need use the right alloys and so forth. Ken care to share a URL or two :-) Ask this guy, he might know of some, http://www.southpolestation.com/ sweet, thanks :-) -- God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? |
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Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in message care to share a URL or two :-) Ask this guy, he might know of some, http://www.southpolestation.com/ Polar webcams? I LOVE webcms! Thank you! |
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