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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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Wed, 26 Jul 2000 02:04:59 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Selçuk Göre writes:
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> Terry K wrote:
> > > 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?
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> > 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.
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> > -- 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 enough circulation) and it would have more
> advantages like enabling armor plating and extra fuel storage.
The A-10 doesn't have to worry about going supersonic. :-)
The wing has a substantial amount of curvature over the top surface, better
for generating high lift, I think.
> By the way, you're very welcome Terry..:-) Last one I asked for you,
> some other friend (Jacob?) said that you are still around and well but
> extremely busy and no time for lugnet/LCAD... I'm still trying to find
> out what kind of business force someone away from Lugnet, but haven't
> yet found any answers..:-)
Busy with life in general. Lugnet got to be too much of a time drain. Way to
easy to sit for several hours a day just reading. So I sort of took a break
from it, and even from playing with Lego (sounds of horrified screams come
from the readers).
Still interested, just can't devote so much time to it. Now I have the two
UCS sets, thanks to Legoland and the staff discount, so I will probably try to
find time to assemble them. Which gives me a good excuse to procrastinate on
several other needed Lego-related projects - though getting an ldraw update
done for Steve Bliss is a top priority.
And this thread on doing an A-10 caught my eye because I have often thought of
doing an A-10 myself. I think it is one of a very small number of aircraft
that would make an excellent subject for Lego.
So don't think you've gotten rid of me. :-)
-- Terry K --
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