Posted on 12/17/2014 8:16:56 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The U.S. Air Force has a complicated relationship with its low- and slow-flying A-10 Warthog attack jet. And that's putting it mildly. The flying branch has tried more than once to retire the ungainly A-10 in favor of speedier planes, only for ...
Please show you work wrt the A-10 equivalent with a prop and its cannon.
Since the A-10 is the only aircraft to use the cannon it carries . . .
use a scaled up MG42 MG with a rod and cam attached.
I am no artist nor a technical type.
P51 is a gorgeous plane but, it’s not going to do what an A10 does and protect the pilots.
It's certainly possible to avoid the prop blades, but just how tough is it?
Some C-130's could assist to clear out the ISIS columns traveling across the desert roads of "The Levant".
That PA-48 is one damn neat plane, though, if in a totally different class.
Years ago I did some work at an airport that had two A-10’s; must have been a small reserve group or something. But every morning they would head out.
Mid-morning I had my client come out to me and tell me not to be near that end of the runway where I had been. The A-10’s use it to sight-in their gun, and accidents can happen.
One afternoon I was standing on the roof of my van parked in the grass taking some photos of the ground. The two of them came in for a landing side-by-side. Well - the one landed, and the other came right over me by 20 feet or so! I laughed and said “Well, I’m dead!” He circled around and landed.
Back when A-10s were still at Barksdale, we had several “Country neighbors” who were A-10 drivers. Many a time we would get buzzed by these bad boys up close.
If you were a bad guy the last you would want to see would be a Warthog coming in close.
“The A-10 is the red-headed stepchild of the Air Force.”
The Air force is being forced to choose between which of its many children it must sacrifice due to 30 years of major budget cuts. There are many Air Force officers who understand and respect the need to keep a dedicated close air support mission alive in the Air Force, but they are being sidelined by these budget cuts. Look at how long the Air Force has been waiting to replace its dangerously aging air tanker fleet. This disaster waiting to happen affects all of the combat and air transport aircraft, including the A-10. Anyone who wants to support the A-10 needs to demand the earmarked funding to do so.
it is just a matter of timing, how long will the projectile take to get from firing point to the prop disk.
the fastest rate of fire that I am aware is 1500 rpm.
but for the basics of it try this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_gear
HA, What a coincidence.
I’m watching an old 12:00 High episode, and it is about the first P-51s to show up in the European Theater:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734468/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Many WW II aircraft had nose-mounted machine guns firing thru the propeller arc. They were synchronized so as to avoid damage.
Apparently, it was no big deal.
The USAF response to that is like the typical 4 year old.
I hate my plane. I don't want it any more.Well then give it to the Army. He wants to play with it.
Nooooooo! I love my plane. It's my favorite and the Army can't have it because I want it forever.
Battle-damaged 926th TFG A-10A Warthog Desert Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BecNTYPYbU
How the A-10 Warthog became ‘the most survivable plane ever built’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEdy84YGf1k
The Warthog is a BEAST!!! Kicked the shit out of the Republican Guard in the Gulf War !!!
Heck yeah.
I’d like a couple for myself.
Did a pretty good job on Mutla Ridge, too.
It's certainly possible to avoid the prop blades, but just how tough is it?
It took a pretty smart Fokker to invent the interrupter gear to fire the machine gun when the prop isn't in the way.
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