I wonder how many iterations it took to get it to work - If it did... On 6/29/18, Van Horn, David wrote: > Braided conductors probably so that they would stretch at least as much a= s > the towline before breaking. > Can't really use radio between planes on a stealth mission. > > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Bob > Blick > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:09 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: [OT] Tow rope with embedded wires > > The story I hear is that this rope was used to tow three gliders full of > soldiers behind a DC-3 over France near the end of WW2. The gliders cut > loose one at a time and had soft(crash) landings behind enemy lines. The > rope has three insulated wires embedded in it that were used for > communication between tow plane and gliders. A crazy wartime mission that > probably wasn't very successful. > > The wires are real strange. At first glance they look like conventional 1= 6ga > stranded power wire, but they are more like insulated coax with no center > conductor, just filler inside the braid. > > That's all I know. The dollar coin is used for scale, just to confuse > everyone. Dollar coins aren't really used very much, except when given to= me > as change in my local parking garage :) The rope is about 18mm diameter. > > Happy Friday, everybody! > > Bob > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .