Stratos 3,188 Posted March 9, 2018 Hello! I searched without luck for this early french A-A missile, the AA-20 in our weapons packs. Anyone know If we ever got this missile for SF2? I know we cannot direct the missiles by ourselves, but maybe using it as a IR poor missile ala AIM4 Falcon? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA.20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,188 Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks mate! Will try it this evening!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PFunk 198 Posted March 9, 2018 It looks like a Nord AS.20 repurposed for air-to-air targets? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,188 Posted March 9, 2018 3 hours ago, PFunk said: It looks like a Nord AS.20 repurposed for air-to-air targets? It was. Pilot must guide the missile all the time until the proximity fuse detonated the warhead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilches 1,169 Posted March 10, 2018 6 hours ago, Stratos said: It was. Pilot must guide the missile all the time until the proximity fuse detonated the warhead. This is bizarre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,188 Posted March 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Wilches said: This is bizarre. Not bizarre, germans experimented already with that in WW2 From Wikipedia article about the Ruhrstahl X-4 The missile was spin-stabilized at about 60 rpm,[3] or one rotation a second, so any asymmetrical thrust from the engine or inaccuracies in the control surfaces would be evened out. Signals to operate control surfaces on the tail were sent via two wires (a method chosen to avoid jamming),[4] which unwound from bobbins housed within long, bullet-shaped fairings, themselves mounted either on the roots of an opposing pair of the larger mid-body fins (there were four, swept 45°),[5] or on those same fins' opposing tips; these contained a total of about 5.5 km (3.4 mi; 3.0 nmi) of wire.[6] The wires were controlled by a joystick in the cockpit.[7] A gyroscope kept track of "up" so control inputs from the pilot's joystick in the launch aircraft could be translated into yaw and pitch as the missile spun. Flares attached to two of the midsection wings were used to keep the missile visible through the smoke of its motor. BTW Strahi, can't get this to appear on my french planes, is a IRM? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+strahi 1,058 Posted March 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Stratos said: Not bizarre, germans experimented already with that in WW2 From Wikipedia article about the Ruhrstahl X-4 The missile was spin-stabilized at about 60 rpm,[3] or one rotation a second, so any asymmetrical thrust from the engine or inaccuracies in the control surfaces would be evened out. Signals to operate control surfaces on the tail were sent via two wires (a method chosen to avoid jamming),[4] which unwound from bobbins housed within long, bullet-shaped fairings, themselves mounted either on the roots of an opposing pair of the larger mid-body fins (there were four, swept 45°),[5] or on those same fins' opposing tips; these contained a total of about 5.5 km (3.4 mi; 3.0 nmi) of wire.[6] The wires were controlled by a joystick in the cockpit.[7] A gyroscope kept track of "up" so control inputs from the pilot's joystick in the launch aircraft could be translated into yaw and pitch as the missile spun. Flares attached to two of the midsection wings were used to keep the missile visible through the smoke of its motor. BTW Strahi, can't get this to appear on my french planes, is a IRM? Its a SAHM, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PFunk 198 Posted March 11, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 12:29 PM, Stratos said: It was. Pilot must guide the missile all the time until the proximity fuse detonated the warhead Sounds like a good way to die. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,188 Posted March 11, 2018 13 hours ago, PFunk said: Sounds like a good way to die. Things were different back then, and in theory it was made to keep the pilot out of bomber gunner range. Strahi, thanks a lot mate! Works now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites