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Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Anaxogoras on December 25, 2007, 03:45:50 AM

I had a very successful sortie in the 190A-8 tonight.  The loadout was with the 2x30mm MK108s, and the two air-air rockets: shot down 2 B24s, 3 B17s and 1 Spit.:aok

Sometime after I launched the rockets I noticed that my maximum airspeed was lower than normal... low and behold, I couldn't jettison the rocket pods!  They don't come off when you fire them, and they don't drop like bombs or fuel tanks.

Is this accurate?

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Xasthur on December 25, 2007, 05:07:18 AM

The rocket pods do not jettison after firing the rockets. It was possible to jettison them in the war but it was condsidered a last resort.

It is not possible to jettsion the rocket pods in AH.

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Pooh21 on December 25, 2007, 05:22:25 AM

when you get good with them they are highly amusing against the HOing spit/nik/lala

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Spikes on December 25, 2007, 09:59:10 AM

I am horrible with the A2A rockets...

When I fire them half the time they don't blow up, and they go right by the plane. So I use them for porking. :D

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: stodd on December 25, 2007, 04:49:39 PM

i use them for killin m8s and m16s

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: splitatom on December 28, 2007, 09:36:56 AM

i once hadone detonate next to a spit and he got scared

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Krusty on December 28, 2007, 11:10:18 AM

Here's just one thread about it. It's got an AH film link as well:

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211547

Title: Re: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: BigPlay on January 10, 2008, 10:01:07 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Anaxogoras
I had a very successful sortie in the 190A-8 tonight.  The loadout was with the 2x30mm MK108s, and the two air-air rockets: shot down 2 B24s, 3 B17s and 1 Spit.:aok

Sometime after I launched the rockets I noticed that my maximum airspeed was lower than normal... low and behold, I couldn't jettison the rocket pods!  They don't come off when you fire them, and they don't drop like bombs or fuel tanks.

Is this accurate?

The rockets were fired out of a tube which was attached to the bottom of each wing. The drag from those tubes is whats causing drag, much like the wing gondolas on the BF 109's

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: Yeager on January 10, 2008, 10:21:25 AM

Do those german A2A roks have prox fuses or do they detonate at a fixed distance from launch?

Title: 190A8 air-air rockets
Post by: hubsonfire on January 10, 2008, 11:02:37 AM

Timed fuse. Somewhere around 1 to 1.5 seconds, IIRC.