Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Flynbyu]

We have the A-10 stationed here.

Here's one of our birds.


~Brian

Great pic

We have had this conversation before.  I had a GI joe version of that back in elementary school. And a blackbird copy.   They were the biz-omb!

The "Cobra Rattler".

I had that and the Skystriker (F14 knock off).

~Brian

[Peelz]

We have the A-10 stationed here.

Here's one of our birds.


~Brian

Great pic

We have had this conversation before.  I had a GI joe version of that back in elementary school. And a blackbird copy.   They were the biz-omb!

The "Cobra Rattler".

I had that and the Skystriker (F14 knock off).

~Brian

you remember the names...way to go. Do you still play with them? :grin_nod:  'cause I do!

[Krandall]

doesn't look like a very agile plane. 

[Flynbyu]

We have the A-10 stationed here.

Here's one of our birds.


~Brian

Great pic

We have had this conversation before.  I had a GI joe version of that back in elementary school. And a blackbird copy.   They were the biz-omb!

The "Cobra Rattler".

I had that and the Skystriker (F14 knock off).

~Brian

you remember the names...way to go. Do you still play with them? :grin_nod:  'cause I do!

I'm sure they ended up in a garage sale or something.

~Brian

[Peelz]

doesn't look like a very agile plane. 

they are very agile, slow, but made for air to ground combat. Taking out tanks and stuff. Has to be agile, and strong to carry that giant gun on it.

[Krandall]

that IS a gun.. I was wondering. looks pretty bad ass 

[Peelz]

think it's a 50 caliber. IDK, but the rounds I've seen are huge and recoil slows the plane down.

[kyledvor61]

sup ho's

[Krandall]

hola Kyle

[Flynbyu]

doesn't look like a very agile plane. 

Slow (365 knots = 420 mph), and very agile.

The A-10 has a 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling gun. One of the most powerful aircraft cannons ever flown, it fires large depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. In the original design, the pilot could switch between two rates of fire: 2,100 or 4,200 rounds per minute; this was changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. The cannon takes about half a second to come up to speed, so 50 rounds are fired during the first second, 65 or 70 rounds per second thereafter. The gun is consistently accurate; it can place 80% of its shots within a 40-foot (12.4 meter) circle from 4,000 feet (1,220 meters) while in flight.The GAU-8 is optimized for a slant range of 4,000 feet (1,220 m) with the A-10 in a 30 degree dive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II

See list of operators at the bottom, and it will list the 188th in Fort Smith, AR.

~Brian

[kyledvor61]

hola Kyle

yfz's pissin me off, I cant do anything till my dad gets home

[Peelz]

30 mm, that's right, and just relatively slow was what I meant, thanks for the facts.

[Peelz]

hola Kyle

yfz's pissin me off, I cant do anything till my dad gets home

how many anti-yfz jokes would you like, Kyle. Gutsy postin that with me around.

[kyledvor61]

hola Kyle

yfz's pissin me off, I cant do anything till my dad gets home

how many anti-yfz jokes would you like, Kyle. Gutsy postin that with me around.

bring it on

[Flynbyu]

30 mm, that's right, and just relatively slow was what I meant, thanks for the facts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9HlfjM4WOo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRGDCR28g0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCPxV12wEc&feature=related

The A-10 actually slows down when the gun fires.

~Brian