← Back to context Comment by robotresearcher 19 hours ago Two DOF: two sensors? 6 comments robotresearcher Reply Animats 18 hours ago If the missile is spinning, you can do it with one. The original Sidewinder air to air missile worked that way. robotresearcher 17 hours ago Neat, thanks. I should have thought of that. greenbit 18 hours ago And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes 1 reply →
Animats 18 hours ago If the missile is spinning, you can do it with one. The original Sidewinder air to air missile worked that way. robotresearcher 17 hours ago Neat, thanks. I should have thought of that. greenbit 18 hours ago And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes 1 reply →
greenbit 18 hours ago And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes 1 reply →
mathgeek 17 hours ago While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes 1 reply →
If the missile is spinning, you can do it with one. The original Sidewinder air to air missile worked that way.
Neat, thanks. I should have thought of that.
And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense
While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes
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