On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:12:52 -0500, David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricynet>
wrote:

>Those gears look like they mesh a little too well to be Soviet-made.  ;)
>Nice detail.

Hehehe... allow me to know Soviet machine elements better :) After
all, until ten years ago there weren't any others around.

Early Soviet fighters had an auto-tracking gun which took into account
plane velocity, bullet speed & enemy relative velocity. It was very
effective and was purely mechanical - gears, eccentrics etc. How they
did that is a mystery to me, but it sure does tell a story.


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