KPenn5 0 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 The A-10 is something that either you like or dislike. I, for the most part, love sleek fighter jets. The clean lines, high speeds, and utter firepower a fighter carries does something for me. However, the A-10 falls into my top 3 favorite planes, along with the F-16 and my all time fav., the F-4 Phantom II. Basically, the A-10 was designed around the GAU-8/A Avenger, a 30mm Gatling gun. The A-10's primary roles are close air support. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II There's a link to the history. It's a beautiful bird that does it's job exceptionally well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K 93 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hmm you're right.. maybe it was in a movie I saw it.. but you know how accurate those things can be. The only thing I could find remotely related to Vietnam is that it was designed to fight in that theatre...but nothing that even says the early prototypes even did. Sorry Crab, it wasn't even designed for Vietnam. Certainly the Vietnam war gave rise to an early USAF requirement for a slow heavily-armoured ground attack aircraft, but the proposals were modified in 1970 to focus on the threat of Warsaw Pact armoured formations in Western Europe. Consequently, the aircraft was designed around an anti-tank weapon, the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger. Having said that, there would have been nothing to stop it being used in Vietnam had that war continued, and no doubt the aircraft's prodigious payload would have been very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrepid 2 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Sorry Crab, it wasn't even designed for Vietnam. Certainly the Vietnam war gave rise to an early USAF requirement for a slow heavily-armoured ground attack aircraft, but the proposals were modified in 1970 to focus on the threat of Warsaw Pact armoured formations in Western Europe. Consequently, the aircraft was designed around an anti-tank weapon, the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger. Having said that, there would have been nothing to stop it being used in Vietnam had that war continued, and no doubt the aircraft's prodigious payload would have been very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrepid 2 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Is there ANY info on the next version ,,pic's maybe? Us Hog lovers out here are just itchin for something substantial Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M31 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 What's special about this plane? Don't get me wrong, this is not a rhetorical question.. I'm really wondering Its an interesting aircraft for sure, love the sound of its engines, really unmistakable, watched a few passes of an A-10 on a gunnery test range on Y-tube recently and the gatling gun sound is fearsome. Check this to see what I mean. I'd rather have a Tornado myself if we are going to have another military jet, but I can see why people would want the A-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB 11 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 What's so special? Well for me it looks like a plane where the designers weren't hamstrung by the "multi-role" specs... "Go build us a plane that will take us right into the jaws of hell, stir up the bad guys a LOT and then get the pilot and plane back out in one piece..." Loads of bullet proofing, loads of titanium plate, one BIIIIGGG mother of a gun - ver' frightning if you're on the wrong end. And sooo far beyond ugly that it is almost meeting itself on the way back up the "pretty" curve. Apparently attack pilots would fly this thing inverted just prior to attacking so that they could see the target that much sooner - I mean, they got in low level and real close first; usually up a parallel valley. Popping up over the ridge line inverted gave the pilots that much more time to acquire targets. I enjoyed the "9" version, so the "X" is surely a sale for me, when it comes. Merry Crimbo all, or have a happy season or even "Bah Humbug!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrepid 2 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 And sooo far beyond ugly that it is almost meeting itself on the way back up the "pretty" curve. . I enjoyed the "9" version, so the "X" is surely a sale for me, when it comes. Chris I have to tell you that when I read your version of "Warthog pretty" I almost fell over laughing I agree as well with the second comment, I Can hardly wait for the updated version either,,,,(Would like to see some pic's of the progress though ) Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaders 97 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Apparently attack pilots would fly this thing inverted just prior to attacking so that they could see the target that much sooner - I mean, they got in low level and real close first; usually up a parallel valley. Popping up over the ridge line inverted gave the pilots that much more time to acquire targets. The other reason is, if inverted you can 'Pull down' over the ridge keeping positive G on and keeping you closer to the ridge line. Push over the top and you'll tend to ballon over it, plus the negative G's are harder to cope with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Python 9 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Any news on this one then? a video of it in action would be rather nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrepid 2 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Is there ANY info on the next version ,,pic's maybe? Us Hog lovers out here are just itchin for something substantial Randy I thought I would bring this up once again, maybe even acknowledgment that it is still on the boards Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaura Mohana 23 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Any news on this one then? a video of it in action would be rather nice id think its too early for a video. especcialy considering what the reaction of most people is. Also i was wondering what is the top cruising speed for this bird. can it go above Mach 0.90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmjk 0 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 id think its too early for a video. especcialy considering what the reaction of most people is. Also i was wondering what is the top cruising speed for this bird. can it go above Mach 0.90? Top speed for the A-10C is no where near Mach .90, in fact the A-10 is actually quite a bit slower than the KC-135R! Vne for the Warthog is listed at 450 knots, with maximum speed in level flight at roughly 380 knots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion 72 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 "Go build us a plane that will take us right into the jaws of hell, stir up the bad guys a LOT and then get the pilot and plane back out in one piece..." Loads of bullet proofing, loads of titanium plate, one BIIIIGGG mother of a gun Exactly what I love about this aircraft. So you have a huge gun, with a gigantic amount of enormous (relative of course) shells... Let's build an aircraft to carry it! Oh wait, a sh*tload of bombs certainly would be nice as well, and to get the pilot home safe, let's put him in a titanium bad tub... And in case you loose an engine, put on a second one... same for the vertical stabilizers and rudders... Let's not care about how it looks, as long as it does one job, and one job only: get in there, destroy those tanks, and get out safely... Lovely engineering philosophy, is it not? I'm really, really looking forward to this one's release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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