Le Prieur rockets

[NARSES2]

We were talking about these at the recent SIG meet and at the time none of us were certain how they were fired, we thought electrically but you can imagine the type of answers you got at that bash  My fav involved a trained monkey and a box of Swan Vesta's 

Anyway I've confirmed they were fired electrically from a switch in the cockpit but I still can't see from any pictures where the wires ran to/from ? Were they on the wing outer surface or in the wing structure and then down the struts ? Help would be appreciated.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Le Prieur rocket. article from Wikipedia. 

Le Prieur Rockets discussion from The Aerodrome Forum. 

Le Prieur Rockets from First World War.com - Encyclopedia. 

Yves Paul Gaston Le Prieur (1885 - 1963)The Pioneers : An Anthology. 

Most of the descriptions and discussions on this subject appear to have left out that detail. 

Since the aircraft wings and structure were predominately of a doped linen covering a wooden frame, I would suppose that it would be a relatively easy task to open up the wings where the wiring needed to be threaded through and then reseal and dope the sections where the cuts had been made for this work.  If there were better images of the wings on these machines to show that this work had been performed it would be easy to spot as the freshly painted areas but most of the images showing the aircraft with the weapons mounted are at a distance and angle to preclude careful analysis of the wing and attached weapons. 

[NARSES2]

That's right Jeff - the photo's I've seen only show the rockets attached to the struts, nothing else

[PR19_Kit]

Perhaps the cockpit switch fired a capacitor attached to a vital part of the gunner, who then crawled out on the wing with a big match and lit the blue touch paper.............? 

[jcf]

Its far more likely that the wires were simply led across the surface of the wing, possibly covered with a strip of
linen that was doped down, and then led up the strut.

If fled through the wing structure the penetration would be minimal (as small a hole as possible) and
not likely to be visible on photos.

[NARSES2]

Its far more likely that the wires were simply led across the surface of the wing, possibly covered with a strip of
linen that was doped down, and then led up the strut.

That's the conclusion I'm coming to I must admit