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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
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Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:47:18 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.build, Terry Keller writes:
> > In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > Hi, Terry! Long time, no see!
> > Yeah, sorta been quiet for a while. Guess I've been gone and forgotten.
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> *Almost* forgotten. I was *this* close, too... :-, Just kidding. I've been
> hearing about your LDraw-admin feats behind-the-scenes, so I figured you'd • post
> again some time soon... Glad to see ya again. Think you'll be putting out • new
> models soon?
The biggest LDraw-admin feat was having Steve take over. :-) (Thanks again,
Steve!)
Having been drawn into the whole Kidvention thing (a fun, though sunburned,
time), I find myself *trying* to read lugnet more.
The only really new model I have is still under construction. Not counting
the X-Wing that has been together for (gasp!) two years. Which still has a
web page needing completion. Have to take the X-Wing apart now, as the Technic
chain actuating the wings has stretched under the strain and is essentially
ruined. <sigh>
> > One thing that really amazed me was all the empty space available in the
> > leading edge of the wing. It seemed cavernous, with wiring harnesses strung
> > leisurely between spars. The F-16 wing leading edge on the other hand is
> > packed. Tighter than 2 pounds of spamcake in a 1 pound tin. Which makes it
> > hell to work on.
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> I'll have to look closer next time I see one (one's on display here at Hill
> AFB), but it sounds like the wing is a bit thicker than most fighters' wings.
> How many plates thick minifig-scale do you think it'd be?
It's way thick. Like *way*.
If an F-16 wing was 1 plate thick, I would guestimate the A-10's to be at
least 4 thick.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Yes, of course you can't go thicker for airfoils with a supersonic aircraft, and of course making it thicker has no really disadvantages for a low speed aircraft (and also you should have to make it thick for these low speeds, to obtain (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) *Almost* forgotten. I was *this* close, too... :-, Just kidding. I've been hearing about your LDraw-admin feats behind-the-scenes, so I figured you'd post again some time soon... Glad to see ya again. Think you'll be putting out new models (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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