07-14-2010, 03:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by Chris_Timm
Thor, Fireflash, and others.
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Chris, thank you for posting these! The Fireflash (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Fireflash ) is different than the Centuri Mini-Line kit (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/73cen00c.html ) suggested. The forward "fuel tanks" were actually "tractor" rocket motors that separated from the missile after burnout, leaving it to glide to its target. At the time, it was believed that ionized rocket exhaust plumes would prevent the beam-riding missile from receiving the guiding radar pulses from the launch aircraft behind it (which was later proved incorrect), which resulted in the Fireflash's unusual configuration. |