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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Mark Sandlin wrote:
> > In lugnet.build, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > > Or have I seriously misconceived the size of the gun? I'm not really an
> > > aviation buff, but I was thinking that the gun was a six barrel 20mm,
> > > which isn't _that_ large... I think.
> > It's a 30mm with seven barrels. But I agree the technic pulley would be
> > too large. sometimes I make gatling cannons with a 2x2 turntable, and a
> > couple of 2x2 round plates with a handful of 1x1 cylinders to simulate the
> > "barrels." you only end up with 4 barrels, but it looks neat. A technic axle
> > would probably be closest, scale-wise.
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> Really? I recently (a few years ago) put my head up to the muzzle (good thing
> it was parked and unloaded, eh? :-) and it was *totally* huge. 20 or 30mm per
> barrel is probably close, but the cannon assembly is much bigger. The 2x2
> would actually be a lot closer in scale. You could probably get away with 4
> technic axles to represent the barrels, or maybe even 7 axles held together by
> a rubber band inside the fuselage.
Some might think it would have been a *good* thing if that gun was loaded. :-)
And that gun is huge. I forget how long it is, but it is long. But you
really don't have to worry about the length, as all that is really visible is
the very end. And if you want to be accurate, remember that the gun is not
mounted in the absolute center. It is actually offset slightly so the firing
barrel is centered (or nearly so).
I like the idea of using 7 axles with a rubber band. Perhaps with an
additional one in the middle, hidden well back so it was not visible - which
would also give a way of mounting the assembly in the back. The problem is
how to make the barrel clamp assembly on the end of the barrels. I guess you
could just ignore that detail, but I would like to see it.
> _Smithsonian_ magazine had a fun article on the A-10 a year or two ago, with
> some discussion on the Warthog's new lease on life due to its performance
> during Desert Storm, and on the evolution of the Nighthog. The article
> probably got most of its material from, I dunno, _Stars & Stripes Presents
> Military Aviation and Arms Weekly_ or some such, but it was still a good read.
Dang. Missed that. Yeah, it probably was propaganda, but I would've liked to
read it.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Ouch. ;-) 'Course, if it went off at that moment, they'd never find my head, or even my torso, for that matter. (...) We're still unpacking from the move, but I'll try to find it and give you an exact reference. I could even throw a photocopy (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Really? I recently (a few years ago) put my head up to the muzzle (good thing it was parked and unloaded, eh? :-) and it was *totally* huge. 20 or 30mm per barrel is probably close, but the cannon assembly is much bigger. The 2x2 would (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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