> Footage of the dropping of two French AASM-250 “Hammer” aerial bombs by a MiG-29 fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the positions of the Russians
> The pilot of the plane is Oleksandr Mygulya, who died during a combat mission on August 12
Source: UA Telegram channel karymat
The maneuver is certainly meant to immediatedly lose altitude and change directions to fly away from the frontline while gaining speed. you turn on your back and then perform a downward dive.
Nit-pick from an idiot incoming 😅
Ok, from a pure physics perspective, I understand the climb to give it energy, and the roll away and dive makes sense from a survivability perspective, but at about 0:02 the release seems to happen from the right wing as the plane rolls right. The release appears to happen at ~90 degrees bank whilst continuing the roll.
At moment of release everything is travelling same direction and speed, and obviously there are (I assume) explosive bolts, but that’s an awful lot of faith in them. Either the guidance takes over instantaneously or that’s a bloody lucky escape as the wing would (for a moment or two) have been catching up, gravity would pull it down (away from camera), but the wing sweeps towards it (right to left from camera perspective). In effect you’ve got a race between “getting clear of the wing” and “the wing sweeping through the bomb path”.
My question is, is there any guidance on the employment of this tactic? There must be something, somewhere, that is effectively “outside this envelope you’ll hit your wing with the munition”, even if not Hammer specific. Only thing I can think of would be “make sure you release while rolling, but not rolling toooo fast”.
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> Footage of the dropping of two French AASM-250 “Hammer” aerial bombs by a MiG-29 fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the positions of the Russians
> The pilot of the plane is Oleksandr Mygulya, who died during a combat mission on August 12
Source: UA Telegram channel karymat
The maneuver is certainly meant to immediatedly lose altitude and change directions to fly away from the frontline while gaining speed. you turn on your back and then perform a downward dive.
Nit-pick from an idiot incoming 😅
Ok, from a pure physics perspective, I understand the climb to give it energy, and the roll away and dive makes sense from a survivability perspective, but at about 0:02 the release seems to happen from the right wing as the plane rolls right. The release appears to happen at ~90 degrees bank whilst continuing the roll.
At moment of release everything is travelling same direction and speed, and obviously there are (I assume) explosive bolts, but that’s an awful lot of faith in them. Either the guidance takes over instantaneously or that’s a bloody lucky escape as the wing would (for a moment or two) have been catching up, gravity would pull it down (away from camera), but the wing sweeps towards it (right to left from camera perspective). In effect you’ve got a race between “getting clear of the wing” and “the wing sweeping through the bomb path”.
My question is, is there any guidance on the employment of this tactic? There must be something, somewhere, that is effectively “outside this envelope you’ll hit your wing with the munition”, even if not Hammer specific. Only thing I can think of would be “make sure you release while rolling, but not rolling toooo fast”.
Merci 🇫🇷!!!
RIP Hero.