Supertom Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hey everybody, This thought occured to me yesterday while looking at F-16s - why are the AMRAAMS mounted on the wingtip rails, while AIM-9/Pythons are mounted on the underwing pylon? I'm assuming that the AMRAAM is heavier than the AIM-9, and that it would be a better idea to put the heavier item inboard rather than at the tip. Thanks in advance for the insight guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The winder being lightweight was in a sense bouncing, the front end was giving it some up and down action. There's thread with a video that shows it. I'll see if I can find it and add it to this reply. The slammer for some reason doesn't do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Like Clif said - it is an anti-flutter thing. HTH, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Hingtgen Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 IIRC there was also a slight winglet effect, extending range. (by what, 2 miles?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 for me, regardless ant flutter thing, it looks much better with AMRAAMs on wingtips!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The winder being lightweight was in a sense bouncing, the front end was giving it some up and down action. There's thread with a video that shows it. I'll see if I can find it and add it to this reply. The slammer for some reason doesn't do it. Found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd91_uZ9Dqg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 for me, regardless ant flutter thing, it looks much better with AMRAAMs on wingtips!!! Agreed!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd91_uZ9Dqg Wayne.......YOU DA MAN!!!!. That is the exact one I was thinking of, I did a youtube search and came up empty as usual . I just gotta find out how you guys are so good with search, and find out why I'm err...uhh...umm...not so good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huey Gunner Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 for me, regardless ant flutter thing, it looks much better with AMRAAMs on wingtips!!!Give that man a "hurumph"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Aaah, thanks everyone! Yeah, the AMRAAMS do look a lot cooler on the wingtips too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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