Who here does or has done Rocketry?? Lets see those rocket scientist!!!

[Aquaticfan]

Always wanted to but never actually got around to it. For the biggins, how far from launch do they land?

I use on board telemetry along with onboard launch recovery computer. Designed to keep recovery to a minimum. Its not the big ones that are tough to recover its the minimun diameter altitude shots that are a pain. But even then we can use gps or homing becon. Via radio signal

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[Oddball]

Those are SM-2 ER missiles. Also launched SM-1, Tomahawk, and Harpoon. Lost count of how many my fire teams have launched in practice and overseas.
I was stationed on Guided-Missile Destroyers and Guided-Missile Cruisers.

I built a few hobby store rockets and launched those (mostly) successfully. Had to limit my hobbies so, gave rocketry up along with r/c and others and kept fish, scuba, diving photography, dinosaur digging, scrollsaw wood-work, and gem cutting.

 

[Aquaticfan]

Those are SM-2 ER missiles. Also launched SM-1, Tomahawk, and Harpoon. Lost count of how many my fire teams have launched in practice and overseas.
I was stationed on Guided-Missile Destroyers and Guided-Missile Cruisers.

I built a few hobby store rockets and launched those (mostly) successfully. Had to limit my hobbies so, gave rocketry up along with r/c and others and kept fish, scuba, diving photography, dinosaur digging, scrollsaw wood-work, and gem cutting.

Did a quick search of the Sm1 and Sm2 ER missles and they both came up as Rim67 class. I didn't know them by the SM1 or SM2 designations. But all the same things looks like. ER being the extended range of course.

Any of them have a bigger wow factor at launch?


Sounds like a full plate.
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[Oddball]

The ignitions in that pic are the from the 1st 1/1000th sec. These missiles do not 'ride-the-rails' like older missiles. They're physically dropped from the rails, at launch, to prevent damage to the launcher. They hit a speed of mach 1+ before clearing the ship's deck area.

 

[Aquaticfan]

The ignitions in that pic are the from the 1st 1/1000th sec. These missiles do not 'ride-the-rails' like older missiles. They're physically dropped from the rails, at launch, to prevent damage to the launcher. They hit a speed of mach 1+ before clearing the ship's deck area.



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That's an awesome shot. Ever have any that didnt work out as planned or didnt ignite?

Not in the same league of course. But when flying for altitude shots in our high power flights I and many others have had them go supersonic in the first 500 to 1000ft.

I'm betting the solid fuel powered units use a apcp based fuel?

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[brich999]

i played with some small ones when i was younger but never got too into it.

i always thought my cousin had the coolest job ever... he works on a team who travel the world disarming and destroying cold war era rockets. and gets paid loads to do it.

 

[Oddball]

These 3000lb missiles (ER) go supersonic at about 75 feet from the ship. They have solid fuel with sustainer motor and booster motor.

Here's a good shot where you can see the missiles are physically dropped from the launcher rails at the moment of ignition.

 

[Aquaticfan]

i played with some small ones when i was younger but never got too into it.

i always thought my cousin had the coolest job ever... he works on a team who travel the world disarming and destroying cold war era rockets. and gets paid loads to do it.

The bigger ones are a lot more fun then the smaller ones. Sounds like sn interesting job he has.

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[Aquaticfan]

These 3000lb missiles (ER) go supersonic at about 75 feet from the ship. They have solid fuel with sustainer motor and booster motor.

Here's a good shot where you can see the missiles are physically dropped from the launcher rails at the moment of ignition.

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Oddball that's awesome stuff. What's the reload and fire time like? In real action how many can/will a single destroyer or cruiser fire of its deck in a day?

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[brich999]

ugh sometimes this site saddens me. wish i had money to get into more hobbies (or better yet get paid to play with rockets lol)