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Rigamortis
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 Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 03:41 AM
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The AMA we use has a concrete head on it, Pumpkin is right there is no monitoring equipment mounted but the T.O. still shows a plug to hook up to the rail. The AMA uses the same body as the inert AIM 9 they just swap the concrete head for a captive seeker head. The nose of the concrete head has a neoprene coating on it too.
I remember when we were still testing the LAU 129 rails at Eglin before they went operational, we loaded an AMA on a rail and locked it down. Well we were still use to the AIM 9 rails taht had only 1 set of locking lugs on it, we only locked the back ones on the 129 rail. When the a/c (#84-1285) did its takeoff roll the AMA actually slid off the rail and bounced down the runway like a runaway torpedo. The fins were toast .
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Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 07:03 AM
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| Man that would have been some video to watch! |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 04:17 AM
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| Actually we saw it from the ramp watching the jet takeoff! |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 10:51 AM
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Well yeah, but I wish there was video of it for the rest of us to enjoy  |
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Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 03:10 PM
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