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February 2003
- From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
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Posted by berny13
on Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:11 PM
The missile launch rails can be displayed in any configeration. Through a selector valve in the left wheel well, the doors, fwd and aft launch rails can be extended. When loaded with live missiles the doors would be closed unless missiles are being up loaded or down loaded. If a WSEM (Weapons System Evaluation Missile) is loaded then the location it is loaded on will be extended. The misssile rails can only be extended or retracted by location, ie all three fwd or all three aft rails. It was not uncommon to see any three or even all six launch rails extended. Normal trigger salvo launch sequence is as follows. Doors open, aft rails extend, missiles fire, aft rails start retracting as fwd rails extend, missiles fire, fwd rails retract, door closes , all within four and a half seconds.
IR guided AIM-4 would only be loaded on the aft stations with the Radar guided on the fwd stations. A WSEM could be loaded on any station. If flown with a WSEM, ballast had to be loaded on selected launch rails to act as a counter weight for the missile. If an aircraft flew with no missiles ballast had to be loaded on select launch rails, depending on the weight and balance and CG of the aircraft.
If you have more than one kit, build one with all six extended and the other with all six retracted. That is what I did.
Berny
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