Autocannons.

Junktown Commando · Post by **Junktown Commando** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:19 am

Retlaw83 wrote:Rad Resistance is like a fine wine, improving drastically over time.

Thereâ€™s some revisionist hisoty- Still hasnâ€™t mastered basic spelling and grammar.

Retlaw83 wrote:It seems Junktown is continuously writing "blah" and replacing "g"s with an apostrophe. It's as if he doesn't realize it takes more effort than spelling normally, and looks far douchier in print than it sounds when spoken.

At least I can read- this isnâ€™t the Wasteland.
You may as well harp on my format while youâ€™re at it.

Yonmanc · Post by **Yonmanc** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:40 am

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:18 am

posting in a hisotical thread

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:39 am

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:41 am

That thing looks like it fell off of a Japanese fighting robot.

Junktown Commando · Post by **Junktown Commando** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:48 am

Redeye wrote:

General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger: 3Ã˜MM, seven-barreled, electrically-driven rotary cannon. Most famous for itâ€™s selection as the primary weap on the USAFâ€™s A-1Ã˜ Thunderbolt II. Designed for anti-tank operations, the GAU-8A has a muzzle velocity of 3,5Ã˜Ã˜ feet per second and a maximum range of 4,Ã˜Ã˜Ã˜ feet.
The Avenger is one of the largest autocannons ever mounted on an aircraft, and is the largest currently mounted. (The Germans experimented with a version of the 88, but it never went into full production.)

The Avenger is, unfortunately, EXACTLY what you canâ€™t use in any serious application; Itâ€™s too heavy and difficult to mount on a fixed-position. It is ironically ONLY useful on the craft it was designed for, the A-1Ã˜.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:09 am

I'd say A-10's are a serious application.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:30 am

Basically what happened is when the GAU-8 was invented the guys looked at it for a while and one eventually said "Y'know, I bet we could build an airplane around this and make it even cooler."

And they did.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:12 am

Ohhh shit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iz5MwPsfyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-pdvirHDQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxDxFEEIDiU

Username · Post by **Username** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:09 am

@Fallout Ranger

First one...First I was like "wtf...?" Then I was like "WTF!"

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:41 am

haha yeah thats how i was

AnneGwish · Post by **AnneGwish** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:08 pm

Always loved the A-10. Never hear the gun till after the shells have hit. It's beautiful.

Post by **Manoil** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:20 pm

AnneGwish wrote:Always loved the A-10. Never hear the gun till after the shells have hit. It's beautiful.

I'm with you on this one. Warthogs were Gulf War sky demons that raped ground forces with a vengeance; had a flight sim of the A-10 when I was young, fell in love with the pure devastation you could cause in one.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:28 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel

"Rudel's input was used during the development of the A-10 ground attack aircraft."

Read his biography. Very interesting.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:55 pm

The A-10 is a tank with wings on it. During the first Gulf War an entire wing was taken off of one during an attack and it made it back to the base and was repaired. I don't have a source readily available for that but I did see it on the History Channel when they had an hour long devoted show to it.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:24 pm

I've heard the same story from airmen I know, so it's either true or a very popular rumor.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:24 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAfqbY5iADI

Oh yeah, that desert gunnery range in the video? Right by my house

I watch sometimes.

Username · Post by **Username** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:03 pm

Wow I guess oldschool AA still works. It just can't hurt a beast like A-10 anyway.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:36 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:I've heard the same story from airmen I know, so it's either true or a very popular rumor.

Rumor? I'm no scientist, but isn't the purpose of paired wings to maintain even lift across the width of the machine? I've heard of a Warthog returning home sans engine in Desert Storm, but there has to be an issue with flying wingless. I'll leave it to a more aeronautically astute individual to further clarify, I just don't think physics would allow for it. There's that whole interaction of lift and thrust and whatnot that I think would go to shit rather quickly with a whole wing MIA.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:19 pm

A-10's are designed to be able to fly with part of a wing missing due to triple redundancy designed in it's hydrolic systems. I doubt it was the whole wing that was shot off, but I fully believe what was said, although I suppose it's possible they were talking about "in theory" instead of actuality. It's been awhile since the conversations. The aircraft is designed, though, to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator and half a wing torn off and still make it home to momma's for biscuits and gravy, so I still insist that it's very possible.

Duck and Cover

Autocannons.

FULLY SIC