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Doesn't the A10 have something ridiculous like ten of everything?

No, it doesn't have any more redundancy than anything else. What it has is a high excess of aerodynamic control, so it remains easily flyable with large area of control surface loss, plus a layout which makes it much less likely that both sides will be destroyed by a single weapon strike. There are a few other features of the fuel system and landing gear to make it more recoverable than a typical aircraft too.

Just read that the plating are titanium armour making it highly resistant to damage, pretty impressive stuff.

It was called the Devils Cross I think. (Quick Google says yes) Mind you it was designed as a tank buster for an all-out European war so no wonder it was armoured to the hilt!

I have a it as a Hasegawa 1:72 kit, might have to put that next on the build list.

It is slow doe B-) #datgatlinggun

I remember reading about the A-10 "tank killer" as a kid and being amazed by it's reputed low speed flying ability and it's survivability.
Everytime you'd read an article you would also get facts like "on a full burst (of the main gun) the aircraft would lose 10 knots of airspeed"

All incredible, although I thought this when I was 10. Was it also known as the Warthog?

Yeh always been A10 Warthog.

Actually, started as Powerglide for me. B-)

Sitting duck for Strike aircraft liek.

Here's its freudian appendage with a Beetle for scale.

My childish mind wants to see that turned towards the bug and fired.

Just for science n stuff.

Everytime you'd read an article you would also get facts like "on a full burst (of the main gun) the aircraft would lose 10 knots of airspeed"

Am fairly confident that's a myth.

BOOO. You just ruined it... like saying Santa's not real.

It does appear to be "hawg-wash"

http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/does-the-a-10-s-gun-slow-the-plane-when-fired-1.152557

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33teK7L4DM4

http://avherald.com/h?article=48188170&opt=0

A hail strike

Jebus. I bet the wind noise in the cockpit was interesting with the nose caved-in like that. If the pilots could even hear anything over the sound of their bowls emptying.

Did you follow the link and look at the photo of the windscreen?

That's pretty freaking scary. They then needed to land with zero visibility through the glass.

Yeah, thats mental. Doing an instrument landing was probably ok but the circumstances obviously weren't at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPGSzLhCKlc

This guy isn't going to grow old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NEOwDwapk

from outside

just like Beggar's Canyon back home

^^ Not even in x-plane.

i use to see a-10s based about an hour from where i live. they were last used in 2007 by the air national guard here in connecticut.

amphibians anyone? in middle school i use to draw my own. i had a long-range turbine engine powered passenger plane i called manatee. i was going to "revive" pan am and these would fly alongside grumman turbo mallards.

tbh i just recycled images from the first few pages

#lazyfucker

Still.

Schneider Cup won us the war imo.

Nothing to do with Murica.

Schneider Cup

Trophy

I been watching Cars wid my boy too much ay. What a trophy too.