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Terminal velocity of bombs?
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September 23rd 03, 05:32 PM
John Mullen
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Walt BJ wrote:
There's a Tall Boy at at the USAF museume at Dayton. There's a 44,000
pound T12 standing door guard at the Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum
building. ISTR both have canted fins. (I trust both are inert shapes.)
Quite a few 'drop models' of weighted models of proposed aircraft went
supersonic when released at high altitude. Telemetry relayed what
happened on the way down. ISTR the Miles M52 was tested this way.
FWIW Mk 82 slicks separate just fine and hit the target accurately
when released supersonic - (G).
Walt BJ
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John Mullen