Comment by Animats
18 hours ago
If the missile is spinning, you can do it with one. The original Sidewinder air to air missile worked that way.
18 hours ago
If the missile is spinning, you can do it with one. The original Sidewinder air to air missile worked that way.
Neat, thanks. I should have thought of that.
And now the name 'sidewinder' makes perfect sense
While it may have been a secondary reason, it's named after the snake for the sensory "heat seeking" attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes
I had always assumed it was due to the use of roller stabilized fins / rollerons.
https://makezine.com/article/science/energy/unusual-mechanis...