Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
If you were a pilot you'd understand how odd that statement looks.
It only takes a few feet of down and then "away from the aircraft" for that exhaust to be below the tail. But if the rocket ignites while still in the rack? Yeah, a problem.
And no, NoE isn't 5 feet off the ground...but as you've never flown it how would you know?.
Lone,
While not a pilot (something about having too high of an IQ) I have thousands of hours in the front or left seat of military helicopters so I am very familiar with NOE day and night operations. Drop before ignition is a bad idea and would result in more than a few own goals.