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suspension for a lighter or 30-inch (760 mm) suspension for heavier stores. Depending on specific stores from 1,000 pounds (450 kg) upward, three or four lugs can be used within the defined suspension range. For
Russian stores there is the standard 110-millimetre (4.3 in) suspension for helicopters or the 250-millimetre (9.8 in) suspension. To keep stores from rocking sideways as the aircraft maneuvers, sway braces are provided to steady the stores. Sway braces are bolted to the rack frame. These may be automatically or manually adjusted.
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applies to the single- or ripple and single- continuous release mode from one or from mirror stations. Salvo release mode applies to a combination of several stations together e.g. adjacent stations. For multiple store release an interval timer can be set to release stores in fixed time steps. For an
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have semi-recessed fuselage stations to reduce drag. These stations have internally mounted launchers (LAU-116/A) that use ejection for launching. The rapidly expanding gases, created by impulse cartridges, actuate ejector pistons and release the missile from the launcher. The missile is propelled to
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Guided missile launchers provide the mechanical and electrical means of suspending and air-launching a guided missile from an aircraft. The housing assembly is the main structural member of the launcher. It is an extruded, machined aluminum member that provides structural rigidity to the launcher and
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Racks carry, arm, and release stores. Racks are either part of, or can be inserted into, the modular bay of a support structure such as a pylon. A rack can mount a store or another piece of suspension equipment, for example, numerous bombs being mounted onto a single pylon, such as was done on F-105
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have a nitrogen receiver assembly which stores the high-pressure nitrogen used to cool a missile's infrared detector in the guidance system. All receivers contain a charging valve (for refilling), relief valve, and a pressure indicator mounted in the aft end of the cylinder. Power is applied to the
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The term "rack" is also being used to refer to some support structures. In popular culture, "racks" usually refer to bomb racks or racks mounting bombs which covers everything from a support structure to its associated racks. A Multiple
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of the frame into account. Therefore, point loads on the structure from externally or internally mounted stores, engines, equipment, passengers, and payload are simply the weight of the item and any pylons, seats, mounting brackets, etc. multiplied by the maximum load factor which the aircraft will
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A rack can release a store via gravity or by ejection. Ejection uses an impulse cartridge, a pyrotechnic device which provides jettison capability by igniting and supplying an ejection force to safely propel a store away from the rack and aircraft. Some racks contain an auxiliary cartridge in the
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The store is mounted by locking the store's lugs with L-shaped suspension hooks in the rack. Depending on the mass of the store there can be a single lug or a number of lugs on the store separated by a certain distance. The distances are standardized. For NATO there is the 14-inch (360 mm)
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A pylon serves to connect the frame of an aircraft to an item or object that is being carried; hence, it is an adaptor. The use of a pylon is necessary to clear the carriage item of control surfaces as well as prevent undesired disturbance of the flow of air toward the wing. Pylons are usually
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of a bomber. Rotary launchers have stations of their own and offer the ability to select certain stores within the bomb bay for release. The disadvantage of a rotary launcher is a slow release of stores. The rotary launcher of the
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a safe distance before it ignites its rocket motor. Stealth aircraft such as the F-22 use extensible launchers that are pneumatically actuated and are either rail (LAU-141/A)
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missile guidance control system through the umbilical plug. An actuator-operated safety device prevents inadvertent firing of launcher cartridges.
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aircraft/store electrical interconnection system defines a standardized electrical interface between a military aircraft and its carriage stores.
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1874:Deicing boot
1802:Landing gear
1745:Townend ring
1735:Thrust lever
1710:NACA cowling
1675:Autothrottle
1667:fuel systems
1665:devices and
1456:Stall strips
1426:Krueger flap
1396:Channel wing
1342:Wing warping
1332:Stick shaker
1327:Stick pusher
1247:Dual control
1232:Centre stick
1099:Leading edge
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1069:Flying wires
1029:Cabane strut
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63:Please help
58:verification
55:
1822:Tundra tire
1705:Intake ramp
1636:Transponder
1421:Gurney flap
1362:Aerodynamic
1277:Fly-by-wire
1159:Triple tail
691:. The term
685:ripple mode
537:Mk 82 bombs
508:Six GBU-31
436:Wild Weasel
432:Vietnam War
351:F-14 Tomcat
338:. The term
285:jet engines
278:private jet
226:rocket pods
216:that carry
162:hardpoints
160:Eurofighter
80:"Hardpoint"
1812:Oleo strut
1700:Inlet cone
1695:Gascolator
1661:Propulsion
1651:Yaw string
1646:Variometer
1502:instrument
1481:Wing fence
1416:Gouge flap
1391:Blown flap
1347:Yaw damper
1322:Stabilator
1307:Side-stick
1242:Dive brake
1129:Stabilizer
1104:Lift strut
1094:Jury strut
828:References
689:salvo mode
618:, and the
490:bomb racks
482:fuel tanks
396:F-15 Eagle
365:Swing-wing
336:wet thrust
254:drop tanks
121:March 2014
91:newspapers
18:Hardpoints
1787:Autobrake
1715:NACA duct
1690:Fuel tank
1680:Drop tank
1663:controls,
1546:Astrodome
1536:Altimeter
1401:Dog-tooth
1366:high-lift
1317:Spoileron
1302:Servo tab
1282:Gust lock
1237:Deceleron
1222:Autopilot
1179:Wing root
1164:Twin tail
1149:Tailplane
1084:Hardpoint
1054:Empennage
1017:structure
865:Chapter 7
792:4 & 6
775:Maverick;
732:1 & 9
654:Bomb rack
494:launchers
484:or other
377:transonic
260:) on the
230:ordnances
208:) on the
186:hardpoint
1941:Category
1755:Wet wing
1730:Throttle
1476:Vortilon
1337:Trim tab
1267:Flaperon
1257:Elevator
1212:Airbrake
1184:Wing tip
1109:Longeron
1079:Fuselage
1015:Airframe
1003:Aircraft
960:Archived
883:Archived
859:16 March
846:. AIAA.
817:Bomb bay
811:See also
764:AIM-120s
643:bomb bay
562:solenoid
486:ordnance
457:Military
379:speeds.
371:and the
316:g-forces
291:Aircraft
282:turbofan
266:fuselage
238:missiles
222:gun pods
210:airframe
1765:Landing
1556:Compass
1504:systems
1496:Avionic
1486:Winglet
1369:devices
1312:Spoiler
1207:Aileron
1189:Wingbox
1114:Nacelle
1064:Fairing
1007:systems
756:LAU-127
700:in the
671:or the
593:hangers
434:, the "
312:payload
308:station
218:weapons
206:station
105:scholar
1500:flight
1461:Strake
1292:Rudder
1262:Elevon
1227:Canard
1169:V-tail
1144:T-tail
1074:Former
1034:Canopy
850:
782:AGM-88
773:AGM-65
722:Boeing
693:ripple
667:, the
614:, the
478:stores
258:pylons
242:flares
220:(e.g.
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1685:FADEC
1571:EICAS
1446:Slats
1287:HOTAS
1139:Strut
784:HARM
760:AIM-9
747:AIM-7
500:Racks
402:Pylon
300:DC-10
268:of a
262:wings
234:bombs
194:force
112:JSTOR
98:books
1767:and
1631:TCAS
1611:ISIS
1566:EFIS
1511:ACAS
1498:and
1451:Slot
1411:Flap
1364:and
1352:Yoke
1124:Spar
1049:Dope
861:2014
848:ISBN
720:The
665:B-52
660:B-52
616:F-18
560:, a
533:F-16
514:B-52
510:JDAM
424:F-35
420:F-22
388:B-52
244:and
236:and
224:and
198:load
84:news
1606:INS
1586:GPS
1441:LEX
1119:Rib
762:or
687:or
673:B-2
669:B-1
648:B-1
531:An
422:or
411:or
340:wet
332:wet
276:or
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