Not sure loading rockets out by wing tips was wise ...

[Mark Allen M]

Seems unstable back then. Dun know!!


P-82 Twin Mustang Rocket Retractable Post Installation.


Republic F-84E loaded with HVAR Rockets, two 1,000-pound bombs, Tiny-Tim Rockets and six M-3 .50-cal. machine guns. Photo taken Oct. 21, 1949.


CF-100 Mk. 4B from the Weapons Practice Unit at R.C.A.F. Station Cold Lake.

[Snake45]

Where's the F-89 pic?

And then I guess F-104, F-5, F-16, et al are unstable, too?

[Mark Allen M]

Where's the F-89 pic?

And then I guess F-104, F-5, F-16, et al are unstable, too?

Different planes, more advanced, one rocket per wingtip ...

Still dun know!

[junkman9096]

Quite the bit of spread among all those rockets. And is the rocket can on the Canuck ripping loose?

[Dan Jones]

Years ago my father was an engine tech (fitter) on the CF-100 in the RCAF and he said one night, a rocket armed CF-100 crew was preparing to start up for a training flight when all of a sudden all the rockets fired out of one of the wingtip mounted pods. I think the rockets were warheadless training rockets, but I imagine it was still pretty exciting! The Air Force investigated the incident and discovered that the rocket firing cannon plug and the nav light cannon plug were the same type of plug and when the pods had been fitted to this machine the techs accidentally wired the rocket pod to the position lights switch! Fortunately nobody got hurt but there was a small mod made to the airplanes after that.

[wolf]

When you read the Project: FICON articles, the pilots had a hard time lining-up with the wing tip being at the end of the pendulum, the fighter would be all over the place. Someplace there is an article on the wing-tip pod that was installed on EB-17G 44-85784 and how the trained pilot got very sick because of the gyrations


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[Archer]

On the other hand... a significant load of rockets made the Zurakowski Cartwheel possible!

[wolf]

On the other hand... a significant load of rockets made the Zurakowski Cartwheel possible!

go about 2-minutes in to see video of the cartwheel

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/high ... arnborough

[avenger2504]

Seems unstable back then. Dun know!!


P-82 Twin Mustang Rocket Retractable Post Installation.

You'd really really wouldn't want those two central mounted rockets to fly off slightly crooked right?

[martin_sam_2000]

On the other hand... a significant load of rockets made the Zurakowski Cartwheel possible!

go about 2-minutes in to see video of the cartwheel

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/high ... arnborough

Amazing!! Never seen that video. Knew about this but to actually see it...

Sean

[bdk]

Having weight towards the tips reduces upward bending forces at the wing root. Many aircraft thus have armament or fuel tanks out there.

[Archer]

I had seen it before but quite some time ago. Thanks for digging up that video!