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Originally Posted by QRQ 30
Terry:
I have heard tales of the rocket fins hanging up and going beserk and even returnin g to the ship. Is there any truth to this or is it just an old fashioned "war story"?  |
The fins were folded alongside the rear of the rocket, we set the releast point of the rocket at 100 lbs of thrust, once the rockets reached 100lbs thrust they launched from the tube. The only problems I experienced was when the pods had taken battle damage and were shot up. Sometimes the rockets would hang in the pod for awhile before launching, the fear in this instance was that other rockets would burn, causing a nasty fire. We had explosive bolts which would jettison the pods in this case. I have had a few errant rockets but never had one come back at me.
Terry