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Originally Posted by svandamme View Post
how can big heavy finless bombs drop and go back up again???
All different types of wing stores (bombs, fuel tanks, TARPS Pods, etc.) undergo exhaustive testing so they actually separate from the host aircraft across the entire spectrum of the aircraft's performance envelope.

"Store" like to hand around (or worse, come off the aircraft in unpredictable fashion) for any number of reasons, pressure waves being the biggest culprit along with poor aerodynamic design...so much "stuff".

Read the link I posted, it goes into the subject at a reasonable level.
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