Man jailed in RAF Tornado jet laser pen case
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When the laser hits the windscreen, scratches in the screen diffract the light in every direction. The laser doesn't need to be held on aircraft - just catching it for a second will dazzle the pilot. It's even be used by opposition fans to blind players during sports matches.
Plenty of footage on youtube including this footage of a police helicopter.
Some of the ships in the Falklands were fitted with lasers to dazzle Argentine pilots during raids - by dazzling them for just a second they could miss the target or crash into the sea (considering they were flying very low and fast, any wrong movement would have been fatal). Hence why pilots on forums like PPRuNe vehemently attack laser pointers.
Plenty of footage on youtube including this footage of a police helicopter.
Some of the ships in the Falklands were fitted with lasers to dazzle Argentine pilots during raids - by dazzling them for just a second they could miss the target or crash into the sea (considering they were flying very low and fast, any wrong movement would have been fatal). Hence why pilots on forums like PPRuNe vehemently attack laser pointers.
Yertis said:
I think the point Apex was making was that it doesn't bode well for Tornado survivability if they can be endangered by a piece of kit costing £4.
Yes, that was pretty much my point, although my post was borne of increduility that a jet designed to operate in a war theater can be endangered by a £4 laser pen.coley20 said:
Flintstone said:
ApexJimi. Give it a go. Select a stretch of ground with no other people around, get your car up to 120-130 mph, shine a laser pen into your eyes.
Let us know how it goes.
hahahaLet us know how it goes.
Except, he's making the comparison between me driving a car and shining a laser pen into my eyes, presumably from arms length.
I'm talking about the situation being discussed in the original post - a highly trained RAF jet pilot flying a multi-million pound combat jet.
Ah yes, I can see the similarities. hahaha
I can sort of sympathise with the chap a bit. I had a really long day on the road planned for Wed's this week, got a relatively early night as I knew it was going to be a long day. Our house got buzzed by a low flying RAD Chinook at 2.00am in the morning waking everyone up and of course knowing I had to get up early the next morning I struggled to get back to sleep. Total w
kers.
kers. Jackleman said:
I can sort of sympathise with the chap a bit. I had a really long day on the road planned for Wed's this week, got a relatively early night as I knew it was going to be a long day. Our house got buzzed by a low flying RAD Chinook at 2.00am in the morning waking everyone up and of course knowing I had to get up early the next morning I struggled to get back to sleep. Total wkers.
Yeah, I bet they do it on purpose. I mean, who needs to train for operational night flying? kers. 
(Go on, say it.....Go and do it in Scotland or somewhere, and why do it in the same place all the time and it was SO low you could read the label in the pilot's underpants and they LAUGHED at me as they went over and....and.....and......
ApexJimi said:
coley20 said:
Flintstone said:
ApexJimi. Give it a go. Select a stretch of ground with no other people around, get your car up to 120-130 mph, shine a laser pen into your eyes.
Let us know how it goes.
hahahaLet us know how it goes.
Except, he's making the comparison between me driving a car and shining a laser pen into my eyes, presumably from arms length.
I'm talking about the situation being discussed in the original post - a highly trained RAF jet pilot flying a multi-million pound combat jet.
Ah yes, I can see the similarities. hahaha
ts with laser pens at the end of the runway. I doubt either of them would come off particularly well in a fight with a chainsaw either - doesn't make them flawed for their intended purpose does it?
Less likely to be an issue at operational heights/speeds, but it's pretty easy to target an aircraft on short finals.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 18th September 17:44
ApexJimi said:
coley20 said:
Flintstone said:
ApexJimi. Give it a go. Select a stretch of ground with no other people around, get your car up to 120-130 mph, shine a laser pen into your eyes.
Let us know how it goes.
hahahaLet us know how it goes.
Except, he's making the comparison between me driving a car and shining a laser pen into my eyes, presumably from arms length.
I'm talking about the situation being discussed in the original post - a highly trained RAF jet pilot flying a multi-million pound combat jet.
Ah yes, I can see the similarities. hahaha
The real Apache said:
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