Self-similar Coulomb expansion of an equilateral triplet

Three identical like point charges, initially at rest at an equilateral triangle's vertices, remain equilateral as they move away from the fixed centroid. Each resultant force is radial by symmetry. If the centroid radius is $r$, its magnitude is $k_e{q}^2/(\sqrt{3}{r}^2)$. In a nonrelativistic model neglecting radiation, energy conservation gives the final speed $v=\sqrt{2k_e{q}^2/(ma)}$ for initial side $a$ and charge mass $m$.