Sidewinder Question

danwild6 · by **danwild6** » 22 Sep 2018, 07:05

Has there ever been a sidewinder variant that can be launched by ejection?

popcorn · by **popcorn** » 22 Sep 2018, 10:45

danwild6 wrote:Has there ever been a sidewinder variant that can be launched by ejection?

Don't know about the 9-X but AFAIK earlier models had to be in the airstream to keep the rollerons on the tailfins spinning to keep the missile stable during launch and in flight.

LinkF16SimDude · by **LinkF16SimDude** » 26 Sep 2018, 02:24

Look up the Chaparral ADS (MIM-72) on Wikipedia. Four heaters on a tracked vehicle launched from a dead stop. Missiles had to be modified by replacing two of the four rollerons with fixed fins.