Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!sdcc6!dino!dlou From: dlou@dino.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Fooling Radar Detectors Message-ID: <12402@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 25 Aug 90 00:38:13 GMT References: <1751@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <1990Aug24.160330.1441@pmafire.UUCP> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: CSE Dept., U. C. San Diego Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: dino.ucsd.edu In article <1990Aug24.160330.1441@pmafire.UUCP> tuv@pmafire.UUCP (Mark Tovey) writes: >In article <1751@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bwhite@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bill White) writes: >>I got a better idea. Why not build a "stealth car"? I mean, they >>recently forumlated a radar-absorptive paint; all you have to do is >>angle your metal stuff in the car to avoid reflection, and paint it with >>the radar-absorbing stuff. >> > Seems to me I heard something about Corvettes and their >fiberglass bodys were sometimes difficult to pick up on a radar >system. Anyone know anything about this? I heard this too. I also heard that this difficulty was compounded by the fact that the radiator is angled (because it's a bottom breather) and reflected the signal skyward rather than back to the radar gun. -- Dennis Lou Disclaimer: I don't use lame disks. dlou@dino.ucsd.edu "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?" [backbone]!ucsd!dino!dlou "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"