Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!depolo From: depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Fooling Radar Detectors Message-ID: <28842@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 26 Aug 90 22:20:29 GMT References: <1751@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <1990Aug24.160330.1441@pmafire.UUCP> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 27 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? Mid 70's vintage Corvettes also had a sloping radiator that reflected most of the radar upward, making the radar gun's usable range quite limited. A test was done a way back when and from what I could remember, the gun's normal range was cut to less than 50% when attempting to clock one of these Corvettes. --- Jeff -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jeff DePolo N3HBZ Twisted Pair: (215) 386-7199 depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu RF: 146.685- 442.70+ 144.455s (Philadelphia) University of Pennsylvania Carrier Pigeon: 420 S. 42nd St. Phila PA 19104