US Mk 117 Bombs with Snakeye tail

[RAGATIGER]

Well I just see this

and wonder about if there is more photos available

Or if they sourced in some kit no matter if injection or resin cast

Best day

Armando

[Finn]

It's the M117R and i don't know of any kits of them available, unfortunately. The bomb was used mainly during the Vietnam war but B-52s used them on the first few nights of Desert Storm.

http://www.f-100.org/images/panas_08.jpg

http://forum.valka.cz/attachments/121/M117.jpg

http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/1983/DF-ST-83-11148.jpeg

Jari

[Don McIntyre]

Were they cleared for internal carriage on B-52s? We weren'allowed to carry Snakeyes internally on the P-3, something to do with the damage that could be done to the aircraft if the fins popped open before it cleared the bomb bay, IIRC.

[canberra kid]

Armando, the bombs in the photo were being prepared for loading on to a B.57

John

[Gmat]

I read somewhere that they were used on Combat Lancer F-111As.

Grant

[Julien]

Were they cleared for internal carriage on B-52s? We weren'allowed to carry Snakeyes internally on the P-3, something to do with the damage that could be done to the aircraft if the fins popped open before it cleared the bomb bay, IIRC.

This link from Jari above shows them being loaded internally http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/1983/DF-ST-83-11148.jpeg

[Tom Cooper]

Were they cleared for internal carriage on B-52s? We weren'allowed to carry Snakeyes internally on the P-3, something to do with the damage that could be done to the aircraft if the fins popped open before it cleared the bomb bay, IIRC.

AFAIK, B-52s never carried M117s internally - in combat. Even during Desert Storm, they were always loaded on underwing pylons.

[Finn]

Yes the M117R can be carried on the wing pylons:

http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/020905-o-9999r-044.jpg

but also in the bomb bay:

http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/1983/DF-ST-83-11147.jpeg

Jari

[RAGATIGER]

1000 Thanks you all my friends

This one is a very nice subject to make some cast resin project after seein the supplied photos it looks it can be done

At least in 1/72 scale as lots of parts simplified

A very nice subject

Best regards

Armando

[Finn]

Here is a B-52 dropping Mk-82 Snakeyes from the bomb bay:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/B-52G_dropping_Mk_82_bombs_1984.JPEG

note it takes awhile for the petals to open up. A band holds the petals closed, a wire is threaded thru the band which keeps the band closed. The wires extends back past the tail, on the Mk-82 Snakeye so it's long. Once the bomb drops, the wire remains with the a/c and it slides out of the band until the bomb is clear of the a/c. The petals open slightly once the band is open and air opens the petals all the way. You can see the band on this M117R:

http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/1983/DF-ST-83-11144.jpeg

at the top is the clamp on the band where the wire goes thru.

Jari

[Selwyn]

Here is a B-52 dropping Mk-82 Snakeyes from the bomb bay:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/B-52G_dropping_Mk_82_bombs_1984.JPEG

note it takes awhile for the petals to open up. A band holds the petals closed, a wire is threaded thru the band which keeps the band closed. The wires extends back past the tail, on the Mk-82 Snakeye so it's long. Once the bomb drops, the wire remains with the a/c and it slides out of the band until the bomb is clear of the a/c. The petals open slightly once the band is open and air opens the petals all the way. You can see the band on this M117R:

http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/1983/DF-ST-83-11144.jpeg

at the top is the clamp on the band where the wire goes thru.

Jari

The length of the wire varies, it depends on the aircraft type, and also to which station the bomb is loaded.

Selwyn

[Slater]

The retarder itself is called the MAU-91. Later replaced to some extent by the BSU-93 ballute.