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October 9, 2017 at 9:42 am

AIM 7 F M and P questions

Hi
Had a question about the range of the AIM7 Sparrow versions M F P
Was the maximum range 50 km ?
Did it vary depending on the head on or tail chase
Or range vary depending on the altitude?

Also how would you compare it to the early model R27R/T ?

Thanks

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By: totoro - 9th October 2017 at 10:01

AIM7F had aerodynamic range, at 40K feet altitude (I assume that’s altitude of missile being fired) of 53 nautical miles. As far as i know, further variants retained the same motor and airframe so they should have similar range, except for P variant, which with the addition of the autopilot, may have had the added option of a somewhat lofted trajectory – enabling even longer range for slower, unaware targets.

Of course the range depends on head or tail chase and altitude. That’s the same for any missile.