Talk:SM-62 Snark

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SURVIVING SNARKS?

I'm pretty sure the Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio has a Snark. It can be found near the entrance to the "Cold War" hanger. Could somone confirm/deny whether the missile in question is a Snark? 167.206.204.93 15:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)Grand Admiral ThrawnReply

Yes, I just saw it on a "War Machines" TV show episode about cruise missles. Even had the rocket boosters. Fully restored by the Air Force, said the narrator. It was obviously in a museum, but they didn't say which. Ronstew 04:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

The missile at W-P AFM is a Snark. Added to the list in the article.

There is no Snark missile in Presque Isle, Maine. They were based there, but the city does not have one. It has an AGM-28 Hound Dog, see http://www.pirec.org/facilities/veterans-park/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:8000:2C3:C11A:333A:FA71:22CE (talk) 23:20, 28 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Landing gear

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From the current version: "Lacking any landing gear, it would have been necessary for the Snark to skid to a stop on a flat, level surface."

It lacked wheeled landing gear, but as seen in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l307XiaUsrc

("Snark and its Landing Skids"; Air Force Space & Missile Museum Foundation; 1:40)

it did have two landing skids which extended for landing.

They should be mentioned in the article if we can find a proper reference for them, and perhaps we can also answer:

Were the skids on all versions of the Snark, or only test and development versions?
Were there skid pads on the wing tips?
Do these landing skids count as landing gear?

-- ToE 17:15, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Prototype Snarks had deployable skids so they might be landed at the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip (if they survived the flight). The April 18, 1958 edition of Aviation Week on, page 139, has three photos of the process of recovering a Snark on the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip. The prototype Snarks had a centeral skid and two smaller skids on the wings. Early Snarks such the first N-25 and the later N-69 also were equipped with skids. Missile budgets were slim and the cost of landing skids was low enough in both cost and weight to justify attempting recovery. Some were. Skids are landing gear.

Mark Lincoln (talk) 22:09, 31 July 2022 (UTC)Reply