Originally Posted by
The Sultan
Lone,
Holy S! This is the most insane weapons configuration I have ever seen for the following:
1. Flight crew will not be happy with missiles stowed in the cabin and aimed at the back of their heads during missions.
2. In an emergency at low level it will be difficult to jettison the weapons to reduce weight and/or get rid of things that go boom before impacting the ground.
3. Unlike Airwolf this configuration looks impossible to deploy symmetrically or asymmetrically at high speeds due to high drag and having gaping holes in the side of the cabin. Anything loose in the cabin will end up going through the pusher.
4. The pusher is directly aft of the weapons and will be impinged face on by the back blast of the missiles. Good way to get things blown off.
All thoughts that the FARA team had better address.
From a practical point of view, I am certain that number three is the most pressing. Self FOD is a poor idea, so a procedural 'clean up' has to be implemented or what you suggest will for darned sure happen at least once. Humans are humans, right?
As to number 4, I suspect that the weapons rack can include a CAD type thing that pushes the munition down before the rocket engine fires. But I agree with you that this issue
must be addressed by the FARA team.
WTF, I agreed with The Sultan? That means that I am buying the next round!
