I think these ammo drop restrictions are mainly for safety reasons, not ammo and pylon restrictions, and the aircraft does not prohibit you from releasing bombs when you are speeding. The manual gives the absolute safe value, and you may endanger your own safety when you exceed the limit. It is also possible that values outside the limits have not been tested enough.
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No. I won’t prove anything, you’ll have to take my word for it.
Yes. Internal carriage is very important in this way.
It’s not going to fix anything if it can’t avoid becoming unstable due to lift generated by bow shock that occurs when it gets exposed to the supersonic freestream air.
Then why was only the raptor able to supersonic drop the GBU-39?
Can you at least point to a source; that might back up this claim.
I’m not saying it can’t, outright. But if the F-22 could, it would follow that all supersonic platforms could. As the F-22 uses the same BRU-61 or BRU-55 / -57 adapter that they all do.
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If I do this, I won’t write here anymore.
But…
WE have this
It was in 2008, but GBU-39 reached IOC on F-15E in 2006. You think they never dropped GBU-39 from supersonic aircraft if they can?
Yes, If it’s literally not a written requirement of the contract the money and time isn’t going to be put into the testing to prove a capability, and “extend” the release envelope.
The F-22 is one of the few US Fighter aircraft capable of Super cruise with a relevant A2G payload, it makes sense why they would wait, the same way as the previously referenced JDAM is capable of up to at least Mach 1.5. (~850Kts), why wait 9 years to do high speed / altitude tests.
It’s hard for me to discuss what I know and there is documentary evidence that I cannot provide.
I know about JDAM
I don’t rule out the possibility of a supersonic jettison of the GBU-39, but there may be safety issues or something similar.
You can be punished for association just fyi
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Just realized I have had these as wallpapers for ages and they are definitely EGBUs (or whatever the legal name is) as well on the upper CFT stations.
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Anyone know if T.O. 1F-15E-1 (1993) is still export restricted?
Yes it is, unless the copy you have says otherwise or has been redacted via FOIA.
dont care about the f15e cft glitch either…
That entry was why I asked, actually.
Prolly just because it “easily available” on the internet but they go apeshit crazy and get a ban if I use the F18’s manual that comes up as first result when you google “F18 manual”
Theres manuals for F/A-18 earlier than 1995. You can use them
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Well, yes, but I and some other ppl used it for reports
doesn’t make a difference when the year THEY normally ask declassification proof is generally for stuff post 1980