Strange AIM-7 launch screenshot

[SubVision]

Missile behaves like it was launched from a rail. Strange that this screenshot was publicated.

[silverdevil]

4 minutes ago, SubVision said:

Missile behaves like it was launched from a rail. Strange that this screenshot was publicated.

at least with F/A-18 it fires from the rail. it does not drop, then fire engine.

 

[Nahen]

I assume that the "start" of the Sparrow from the F-15E is specially programmed so as not to damage the visors from LITENING

In addition, different versions of rockets can also come into play.

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by Nahen

[Coole28]

18 hours ago, silverdevil said:

at least with F/A-18 it fires from the rail. it does not drop, then fire engine.

It does drop if it is fired from the cheek station.

Technically it uses either a Cartridge Actuated Device (CAD) or a Pneumatic Actuator to eject the missile, it doesn’t just “drop”.  I believe the F-15 uses the same ejector system as the F-18, but I could be mistaken.

[silverdevil]

1 hour ago, Coole28 said:

It does drop if it is fired from the cheek station.

Technically it uses either a Cartridge Actuated Device (CAD) or a Pneumatic Actuator to eject the missile, it doesn’t just “drop”.  I believe the F-15 uses the same ejector system as the F-18, but I could be mistaken.

I always hear stories of the Phantoms in Vietnam launching the missiles they would drop like rocks. 

[Coole28]

53 minutes ago, silverdevil said:

I always hear stories of the Phantoms in Vietnam launching the missiles they would drop like rocks. 

Yep, F-4s use the older AERO-7A ejector racks to shoot the AIM-7s off the undercarriage prior to missile ignition.  They packed a bit more oomf compared to their more refined modern counterparts.

[Exorcet]

Strange screenshot. The Eagle can't rail launch Sparrows.

[DSplayer]

This was probably a developmental WIP thing since you have to code it to make it drop and etc.

[strikeeagle]

AIM-7's are fired from LAU-106's only on the F-15.  All versions of the jet have the same 106's.  The missile is "pushed away"  then the rocket motor is fired.  Fun fact -- the stowed position of the !06's on a Strike CFT; the launchers are installed backwards to enable the carriage of bombs.  When needed, weapons has to drop and turn the 106's around and install the eagle claws.

[M1Combat]

It's a good thing we know they're fully done with the Eagle and won't be adjusting anything in the future so we know what we've seen here and now is exactly what both the real and Razbam Eagle will do.  Forever.  And ever.

 

That pic of the real one must be wrong.

[Daerchanar]

On 2/6/2023 at 3:46 PM, silverdevil said:

I always hear stories of the Phantoms in Vietnam launching the missiles they would drop like rocks. 

I am currently reading Skybreak by Mike Guardia, a book about F-15Cs in the Gulf War.

There are also plenty of mentions to Sparrows dropping dead on release, but also plenty of good hits.

Despite their faults, pilots still preferred using Sparrows over Sidewinders due to the later having a deadly attraction for the heaty desert ground than Mig-29s and Mirages burners.

[JB3DG]

The FC3 F-15C does the missile drop and fire from the fuselage stations as well.