Posted by: joeclark77
« on: July 12, 2013, 09:47:17 AM »I'm interested in doing something like what Arwyn did in this thread posted a year ago: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,4617.0.html
Arwyn used a multi-stage missile to launch a mine from a PDC-based launcher. The first stage would travel to the waypoint and (apparently) sit there until it detected a target, at which point it would launch the submunition. My question is about the first stage in particular... since it has fuel and an engine, would it not expire once the fuel is out? Or would it sit at the waypoint and stop using fuel once it arrived at its destination? Would I need a three-stage missile in this case?
Arwyn used a multi-stage missile to launch a mine from a PDC-based launcher. The first stage would travel to the waypoint and (apparently) sit there until it detected a target, at which point it would launch the submunition. My question is about the first stage in particular... since it has fuel and an engine, would it not expire once the fuel is out? Or would it sit at the waypoint and stop using fuel once it arrived at its destination? Would I need a three-stage missile in this case?