Hawker Siddeley Sea-Hawk S.1

[PR19_Kit]

I thought we'd covered this before, but some Sea Eagles had an in-line booster to get them off the pylon.

AFAIK it burnt for only second or so but that was enough. For the life of me I can't find out what the launch aircraft was that used this booster, but I know it existed because a mis-fired one burnt all the cables and hydraulics off one of my test systems while the missile headed for Holland.  

The twin booster system was for the Inidan Navy Sea Kings and I think they still use them.

[deathjester]

I should imagine Hawks would be quite fast enough to launch Sea Eagles - Buccaneers managed alright, didn't they??

[Devilfish]

Don't kill the messenger.  I'm only repeating what someone else said on another forum.  Besides, the Martel is pure rocket power, so won't have this problem.

And to think, this all started (as far as I can remember now ) because I fitted my whif with blown wings.....

[Weaver]

I thought we'd covered this before, but some Sea Eagles had an in-line booster to get them off the pylon.

AFAIK it burnt for only second or so but that was enough. For the life of me I can't find out what the launch aircraft was that used this booster, but I know it existed because a mis-fired one burnt all the cables and hydraulics off one of my test systems while the missile headed for Holland.  

The twin booster system was for the Inidan Navy Sea Kings and I think they still use them.

I can't find any reference to an in-line booster for Sea Eagle Kit, however they did play with various intermediate steps based on MARTEL and I think one of those (sub-Martel?) had an in-line booster. As far as I know, both the helo-launched version and the abortive surface-launched one used twin boosters on the sides.

Was the booster the same diameter as the missile body or smaller, and were it's wings indexed in line with the missiles or at 45 deg?

[nighthunter]

Where can I find a Hawk 200 kit?

[martinbayer]

Here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MATCHBOX-PK-46-1-72-SCALE-BAe-SYSTEMS-HAWK-200-MODEL-KIT-MIB-1986-/321090509762?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item4ac27c5bc2

Martin

[PR19_Kit]

I can't find any reference to an in-line booster for Sea Eagle Kit, however they did play with various intermediate steps based on MARTEL and I think one of those (sub-Martel?) had an in-line booster. As far as I know, both the helo-launched version and the abortive surface-launched one used twin boosters on the sides.

Was the booster the same diameter as the missile body or smaller, and were it's wings indexed in line with the missiles or at 45 deg?

Perhaps it was just a test idea? The site where they did that work, 'somewhere in Essex', had all sorts of experimental stuff around the place.

The booster was exactly the same dia. as the main missile body and had no fins, bar four very small, maybe 4" square, tabs spaced round the tail. Sadly I can't remember how they were aligned, sorry.