"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
01/01/2016 at 21:43 • Filed to: Planelonik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
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The Enterprise, the Phantom and the Vigilante.
ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
01/01/2016 at 22:03 |
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Reminds me of this picture from Foxtrot Alpha.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/check-out-the-…
McMike
> f86sabre
01/01/2016 at 22:04 |
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Today I learned the A-5 flew around with a suppository. What a weird system.
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f86sabre
> McMike
01/01/2016 at 22:15 |
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Super weird and it supposedly didn't work very well. Kind of clever though.
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McMike
> f86sabre
01/01/2016 at 22:25 |
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The short bit about it on the Wikipedia page was as interesting as it was depressing.
The single nuclear weapon, commonly the Mk 28 bomb, was attached to two disposable fuel tanks in the cylindrical bay in an assembly known as the “stores train”. A set of extendable fins was attached to the aft end of the most rearward fuel tank. These fuel tanks were to be emptied during the flight to the target and then jettisoned with the bomb by an explosive drogue gun. The stores train was propelled rearward at about 50 feet per second (30 knots) relative to the aircraft. It thereafter followed a typical ballistic path.
In practice, the system was not reliable and no live weapons were ever carried in the linear bomb bay. In the RA-5C configuration, the bay was used solely for fuel. On three occasions, the shock of the catapult launch caused the fuel cans to eject onto the deck resulting in one aircraft loss