Pushing Boundaries: Inverted Negative G Missile Launch

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 27 Jun 2017, 13:00

Pushing Boundaries: Inverted Negative G Missile Launch
22 Jun 2017 Jeff Babione

"Flight test teams are accomplishing remarkable flight milestones as they work to finish SDD strong. The Pax River ITF recently completed an inverted AIM-9x missile launch. The pilot treated it similar to a positive G launch but rolled inverted to push to the negative G target before launch.

This unique missile launch is a situation we don’t expect a pilot to be in very often but as part of our SDD baseline, we have to prove the aircraft, and weapon, can operate at the edges of the flight envelope...."

Source: https://a855196877272cb14560-2a4fa819a6 ... _22_17.pdf (0.25Mb)

krorvik · by **krorvik** » 27 Jun 2017, 13:11

popcorn · by **popcorn** » 27 Jun 2017, 13:18

krorvik · by **krorvik** » 27 Jun 2017, 13:22

Haha, that's the way the mind of that dude works anyway...

SpudmanWP · by **SpudmanWP** » 29 Jun 2017, 21:03

2 Larger pics

popcorn · by **popcorn** » 30 Jun 2017, 00:33

Looking forward to an internal AMRAAM launch.

neptune · by **neptune** » 30 Jun 2017, 00:49

SpudmanWP wrote:2 Larger pics

...thought they might be Aussie pilots!

popcorn · by **popcorn** » 30 Jun 2017, 01:02

neptune wrote:
...thought they might be Aussie pilots!

They seem to have a knack for that sort of thing. :mrgreen: