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F22 - Farnborough International Airshow 2010

Started by Monster Dave, December 07, 2010, 06:38:30 PM

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Monster Dave

#15
December 10, 2010, 07:17:47 AM
Quote from: Bick on December 10, 2010, 06:10:17 AM

Developed by General Electric - The company that "brings good things to life".


WOW! I never realized that the A-10s gun was so freak'n huge. They must have built the airframe round the gun!!!

I love military aircraft. As a kid I have many fond memories of visiting Wright Pat AFB. The A-10 has always been one of my top 10 favorite aircraft.

My favorite plane by far though is the B-1 Bomber. Fast, sleek, and very sexy in the air.


derby

#16
December 10, 2010, 07:58:29 AM
Quote from: Monster Dave on December 10, 2010, 07:17:47 AM

WOW! I never realized that the A-10s gun was so freak'n huge. They must have built the airframe round the gun!!!


ya think?  ;D



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Bick

#17
December 10, 2010, 08:06:03 AM
Quote from: muskrat on December 09, 2010, 09:28:11 PM
I want that gun the A-10 has mounted on my hood.  no more road rage.  ;)
Quote from: Monster Dave on December 10, 2010, 07:17:47 AM
WOW! I never realized that the A-10s gun was so freak'n huge. They must have built the airframe round the gun!!!

It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

Monster Dave

#18
December 10, 2010, 08:35:41 AM
Quote from: derby on December 10, 2010, 07:58:29 AM
ya think?  ;D





Holy crap!! Talk about sitting on an ass load of ammunition!!!

orangelion03

#19
December 10, 2010, 09:00:30 AM Last Edit: December 10, 2010, 09:04:56 AM by orangelion03
Somewhere I have a dummy 30mm round from a GAU-8...size of a wine bottle!

VIVA LA EVOLUCION!!!

mitt

#20
December 10, 2010, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: orangelion03 on December 10, 2010, 09:00:30 AM
Somewhere I have a dummy 30mm round from a GAU-8...size of a wine bottle!



that is crazy


mitt

Monster Dave

#21
December 10, 2010, 09:40:49 AM




That would definitely mess you up!!

DRKWNG

#23
December 11, 2010, 04:22:03 PM Last Edit: December 11, 2010, 04:24:45 PM by DRKWNG
The A-10 was in fact designed around the GAU-8.  Take a good look at the aircraft from the front if you can.  You'll see that the nose gear is offset to the side to maintain the bore's alignment to the center of the airframe.  It was designed that way to aid the pilot's ability to "point and shoot".

And I don't imagine it being replaced by the JSF any time soon; not at least while we have places like Afghanistan going on.  Don't forget, the lawn dart was supposed to replace the A-10 in the CIAS role back in the day...   [roll]

muskrat

#24
December 12, 2010, 12:45:43 AM
Just listening to that gun discharge is incredible.  [bow_down]
Can we thin the gene pool? 

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Monster Dave

#25
December 13, 2010, 05:45:40 AM
I love how the plane is anchored down so that the kick from the gun doesn't blast it backwards!!  [evil]

Awesome!!

DRKWNG

#26
December 13, 2010, 01:13:04 PM
Quote from: muskrat on December 12, 2010, 12:45:43 AM
Just listening to that gun discharge is incredible.  [bow_down]

You should hear it when it rips through a burst down in the valleys.   :o :o

Quote from: Monster Dave on December 13, 2010, 05:45:40 AM
I love how the plane is anchored down so that the kick from the gun doesn't blast it backwards!!  [evil]

Awesome!!

The gun actually produces more "thrust" than both engines are capable of when the throttles are at the stops.  In essence, if the hopper held enough rounds, the pilot could cause the plane to stall by doing a sustained burst.

Bick

#28
December 13, 2010, 06:05:11 PM
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

Kopfjager

#29
December 13, 2010, 07:33:18 PM
Woohoohoohoo! Two personal records! For breath holding and number of sharks shot in the face.
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