promethuem5 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hi, I was thinking about aircraft adn payloads, and something occured to me.... When a misisle launches, does it leave a burn mark on the rack it comes out of on the plane? Like on the big box missile launchers for VF-1s or the 3 pack air to air missiles on teh racks... Thanks for an answer Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypiman247 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Even if they did, I doubt that the shows animators would have the time or budget to paint the marks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Typically no, because the missile is gone before it has a chance to do any noticable scortching. Plus it manuevers away rather quickly, pointing the missile exhaust away from the plane. Now, on a ship based launcher, the missle takes off slightly slower and tends to go straight for a second before manuevering. Those do get some scortching on the launcher, but mostly on the bulkhead behind it because the missile exhaust is focused there longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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