VIFFing, Please Settle an argument...

[sandiego89]

Originally Posted by Just This Once...

Not on anything I can recall. Lots of limits of course from poor weapon performance (eg slow-speed AIM9 shots), seekers freezing, fusing of bombs, self-damage criteria, stores capture limits et al.

Well Arnold Schwarzenegger used cannon while in the hover....while talking to his daughter who was sitting on the nose grabbing the (shattered) windscreen frame.....

Actually curious if cannon or rockets were ever trialed or discussed while in hover? (in the real world)

[Just This Once...]

To hover whilst carrying any meaningful amount of weapons your fuel state would suggest very close proximity to your own ATC tower. It would have to be a pretty bad GCA to be tempted.

[orca]

Pretty sure that on the GR7/9 at least the weapons bus was isolated on selection of gear down. Can’t remember about the FA2.

[Mogwi]

GR3 was weight on wheels, so SHAR prob the same, not sure about plastic jets.

mog