Years ago there was an article in a car magazine about the radar cross section
of
the Corvette, a fiber glass car. Instead of being less visible to police radar,
the
car was found more visible than a conventional, metal bodied car. The moving fan
blades and angular shapes of the radiator and engine created a bigger return
than
the smooth body of the metal car.
One has to wonder who this so called expert was that CBS quoted.
Terry Seaver
Fred Fillinger wrote:
> Be wary of the motives of public officials, failing in their missions,
> in feeding baloney to CBS News. Canard designs can't safely land on
> rough, remote strips they must use. They can't evade Doppler radar,
> nor infrared, nor even disturbance to cell phone tower radiating
> fields. But with more of our tax money for electronic goodies, they
> can increase the rate of drug interdiction from 5.0 to 5.1%, and earn
> a merit pay bonus.
>
> This not really off-topic, Al....fiberglass now "absorbs" EM
> energy....gubment said so. Our internal antennas will not work!
>
> Fred F.
>
> Al Fuller wrote:
> >
> > I hope some crusading aviation hater doesn't get a twinkle in their eye
> > about this one.
> >
> > Subject: Sonex List: Off Topic: The "Evils" of homebuilding
> > A report from CBS news:
>
> > Hiding In Plane Sight Fiberglass Plane Made From Kit Can Evade Radar
> > Detection
> >
> > (CBS) The Velocity airplane is visible to the eye, but to America's best
> > radar system it is virtually invisible. And that, says U.S. law
> > enforcement,
> > makes the near stealth Velocity a tool for smugglers.
> >
> > Joe Bendig, the director of U.S. Customs' state of the art radar center
> > says
> > the system has a problem finding small fiberglass aircraft like the
> > Velocity.
> >
> > "The radar pretty much gets absorbed by the skin. The only thing we really
> > pick up is the engine, which is metal," he said.
> > ....
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