Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Anyone have any photos showing LAU-3 rocket pods or similar, after being fired off? Wondering to what extent the scorching etc on the fixed pod typically looks like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The LAU-3, and similar pods were one time use so there wasn't that much scorching except for the front plate which got the direct blast, there was a little on the front end. However if you plan to have a pod recently fired then you'd have to have 19 tubes drilled out front to back. LAU-10 and the 6/7 tube pods were reusable so they would get more scorching, just google LAU-10 and you'll come up with some images showing the effect. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Yeah, I'm dreading the drilling option.... But, here's where I"m coming from. This will be for F-100F Wild Weasel pioneer, the ever-popular 1226 in which the first true Weasel kill was made. I really, really do NOT want to build the pods with the aerodynamic fairings on the front and back, in which case they hardly look like deadly weapons...look like boring tanks or baggage pods or something at a glance. But I'm assuming that if I do them uncovered, then they are either in the process of being loaded, or have already been fired off. So I'm thinking if I could do the aircraft as it may have appeared after its historic kill.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Here is a F-4 that fired 18 of the rockets of the bottom pod: in case you are wondering it is rocket #19 that is left. It is possible the nose fairings of the two that didn't fire were knocked off when the bottom pod fired, if they were on in the first place. They were basically just thick paper so any hit will shatter them. Of course to deny any use to the VC, they didn't jettison the pods with the rockets still in. Here is an example of LAU-10 pods: as you can see the one on the left of the pic has a lot more firings than the one on the right. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Great help Jari, thanks! The front face of them, is that bare metal, like maybe anodized metal? Or would it be white? And, is there ANY reason to suspect maybe the F-100's might have operated with the fairings off? (probably not, but here's to hoping!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It was metal, the tubes were paper, thus one use only: What scale are you doing, if large enough you can use tube styrene as the rocket tubes. With fairings off they cause drag so most likely they were on, the videos seem to show them on. However they may have not jettisoned the fired pods but brought them back. Who's to say? Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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