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wild_Willie2 -> RE: Circling bombs again under 972.12 (12/27/2017 8:20:56 PM)
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The problem is that the weapons will continue to circle at 30 feet at 530 knots for a fixed amount of time as if they have a means of propulsion, which they have not.
Without propulsion, this is merely a glide weapon that has to trade altitude for speed/range in a fixed glide ratio and at 30 feet, there is no longer any altitude left to trade for speed/range. So circling for up to five minutes at a constant 30 feet at 530 knots without any form of propulsion defies both the second law of thermodynamics and basic Newtonian physics ;)
The SBD-II glide bomb does not exhibit this abnormal behavior and just impacts the surface once their target is destroyed and no alternative targets are available. So therefor this abnormal JSOW-C behavior must be related to a "bug".
Q.E.D.
W.
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