posted August 24, 1999 12:11 AM            

Of all the questions I get, this is perhaps the most often asked. Military heat-seekers have an incredibly complex guidence system built into them. Each one costs a million dollars and has a computer built right ito the nose. You don't even have to point it in the right direction, you program it.

I have consulted my vast library of knowledge and formulated the following opinions on building a homemade heat-seeking missile:

What is needed is a device that will adjust the fins and nozzle of the missile according to where heat is sensed. One device was recommended to me by a friend. In spy and security shops you can buy a device which senses body heat. It looks like a flashlight. It has four lights on the front and one in the middle. You point this toward where you believe someone is hiding and wave it back and forth and it picks up there body heat. The The four lights blink tellig the user to move right or left, up or down. When the center light comes on your are pointing directly at the source of heat.

To convert this into the guidence system of a heat-seeking missile the terrorist would have to rig up a system where the sensors adjusted the fins on the missile according to where they sensed heat, thus keeping it pointed in the right direction.

This is something an engineer would have to look into as I have left out a host of factors, including the missile itself and how it would be constructed.

Obviously because of the Sun this device would only work at night. I have no doubt though that someone much smarter than myself could build a prototype or at the very least design a set of blueprints from the basic information in this post. Its at least a starting point and would make a nice college project. I highly advise anyone undertaking this project to use an inert substance such as clay in place of the actual explosive. I know, I'm just no fun.

For informational purposes only.

killer_elite@my-Deja.com

posted August 28, 1999 06:19 AM            

some ways to eliminate the problem of the sun are to either tune the sensors to ignore heat radiation at vey high levels (you need to be good with electronics) , or you can simply fire the missle at the target when it isn't close to then sun , and make the missle such that it only follows the heat instead of finding it (so you have to aim it at the target in the first place instead of just letting it rip so it will home in).
Getting decent IR sensors is the best way to make these , and using mirrors to angle them correctly.

posted August 28, 1999 06:42 PM            

Now that I know a commercial heat sensor suitable for my icbm exists, I'm going to get me one

Killer_Elite, any idea how much they cost?
I could just go and buy the sensors alone individually myself, but I can't be arsed. besides I need that circuitry..... wire her up to a main switching panel, a few servos, a horizon angle sensor and my icbm is ready to rock and roll! Can't wait

posted August 29, 1999 01:46 AM            

You can get IR (heat) sensors, as well as any other sensor you might need from good old Radio Shack...right over in the burglar alarm section. You can also buy the bread boards and every other componant needed for the prototype. If you buy four IR sensors you wouldn't have to buy the device I discussed above, you could make your own.

If you want to see an absolutely incredibe movie on how to knock off a plutonium transport truck, go beg, barrow, steal or rent the 1982 movie titled: THE SOLDIER with Ken Wahl. This should be required watching for anyoe who is in this group. You not only learn how to steal plutonium, you learn how to make a fire bulb correctly, how to rig a shotgun up your sleeve to kill a policeman (works everytime!) and a host of other dirty tricks we all need to have in our arsenal.

I cannot over emphasize the fact that the number one item you all need in your arsenal is a Radio Shack catalog! Its worth ts weight in diamonds.

posted August 29, 1999 01:54 AM            

You can get IR (heat) sensors, as well as any other sensor you might need from good old Radio Shack...right over in the burglar alarm section. You can also buy the bread boards and every other componant needed for the prototype. If you buy four IR sensors you wouldn't have to buy the device I discussed above, you could make your own.

If you want to see an absolutely incredibe movie on how to knock off a plutonium transport truck, go beg, barrow, steal or rent the 1982 movie titled: THE SOLDIER with Ken Wahl. This should be required watching for anyoe who is in this group. You not only learn how to steal plutonium, you learn how to make a fire bulb correctly, how to rig a shotgun up your sleeve to kill a policeman (works everytime!) and a host of other dirty tricks we all need to have in our arsenal.

I cannot over emphasize the fact that the number one item you all need in your arsenal is a Radio Shack catalog! Its worth ts weight in diamonds.

posted August 31, 1999 02:31 PM            

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sorry for the crappy layout and design , it'll all change once I have finished the layout , content will follow.

posted September 05, 1999 11:04 PM            

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posted September 06, 1999 08:16 AM            

A visual guidance system from a rc control kit.

No, this would be impractical.

A.) This is a rocket/missile big enough to hold the guidance equipment in the first place, it's going to be a big bugger of a rocket.

B.) the range of the radio system and camera feedback will be outdone by the rockets engine.
As Ho Ju said, a range of 200 yards for the camera feedback.... think of the missile being big enough to hold all this equipment coming down 200 yards away... your as good as dead.

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posted September 06, 1999 03:24 PM            

Firstly, people utilising this camera idea in the first place will not be putting a semi-expensive camera kit into a small missile that will do fuck all damage, they are of course going to put it into a BIG missile, one capable of damaging it's ground zero immensely.

Such a missile will throw out huge amounts of schrapnel from itself, and from the destroyed matter at ground zero.

I know the size of the camera kit is small, i've used one such coin sized one in my rc truck.

You are also forgetting the room in big missile needed for the radio reciever, the servos, the powering battery pack for the controls equipment and the rods that link the servos to the "fins" of the rocket..

posted September 07, 1999 02:43 AM            

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posted September 07, 1999 03:33 PM            

Guided missles are very easy to design , and in theory make (assuming you have the right parts and tools) and require little knowlege either.

here are some estimated costs for missles:
IR - basic , 3 mile or so £170
IR - advanced , 4 mile or so £360

optical - 3 mile or so £250

(sorry to all the americans for sterling prices)

posted September 13, 1999 08:50 AM            

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posted September 13, 1999 03:56 PM            

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posted September 13, 1999 05:56 PM            

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