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A-10 Fairchild Republic Thunderbolt II (WIP)


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Hey All First post here, so i thought i would start with an A-10 cause i just love that plane.

The Design is still in the making i have to work out a few bugs, like when taking off it loves the drift to the left then roll and well explode.....

More information, pictures and videos to come..

 

 

 

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I don't believe that the BD Armoury pack makes a correct impression of the GAU-8:

http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/2/1312/GAU-8.jpg

Like, the A-10 is literally a GAU-8 wrapped in a tube. In fact, the GAU-8 decelerates the A-10 when firing. If a second GAU-8 was added, and the A-10 cranked its throttle up while firing, the GAU-8s would push the plane backwards. (No it won't) I believe that the A-10 Thunderbolt should be renamed as the GAU-8 Thunderbolt.

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13 minutes ago, Matuchkin said:

Like, the A-10 is literally a GAU-8 wrapped in a tube. In fact, the GAU-8 decelerates the A-10 when firing. If a second GAU-8 was added, and the A-10 cranked its throttle up while firing, the GAU-8s would push the plane backwards. I believe that the A-10 Thunderbolt should be renamed as the GAU-8 Thunderbolt.

The GAU-8 makes 4000 lb-f.

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On 12/5/2016 at 9:51 PM, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

The GAU-8 makes 4000 lb-f.

i've seen figures for 10000 lb-f - or 45kN for the gau-8A recoil, vs the TF34's 40kN (~9000lb-f) of thrust for each of the A-10's engines :) (don't mix kg-f and lb-f ;))

in practice, the recoil only slows the plane for a few km/h when firing, because you also have to take inertia into account :) 

http://www.gd-ots.com/armament_systems/ags_A-10.html

i prefer the gsh-6-30 though :wink: with a rate of fire up to 50% faster than the GAU-8, while it's lighter :wink: 

relevant xkcd ^^

http://what-if.xkcd.com/21/

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