Simviation Forum - Fairchild A-10A 'Warthog Thunderbolt II'

Reply #15 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 3:01pm

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By the way, GREAT shots.

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Reply #16 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 7:56pm

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The ugliest plane has to be the flying boat made in the early 20th century. It must have been 100 feet long with wings.

Probably the next ugliest was the plane Alexander Gram Bell made. It looked like a flying harmonica.

P.S Good shots.

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Reply #17 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 8:06pm

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Some of the ruskie planes are, erm, ugly.

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Reply #18 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 8:38pm

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Ugly depends on your point of view...

1. If you like planes it is odd looking
2. If you are an infantryman watching enemy tanks closing on your position when an A-10 rolls in...it's beautiful.
3. If you are an enemy tanker closing on an infantryman when you suddenly see an A-10 rolling in...it's ugly. You also know it's gonna get a whole lot uglier.

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Reply #19 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 9:41pm

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Reply #20 - Mar 25^th, 2003 at 9:51pm

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Ugly depends on your point of view...

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3. If you are an enemy tanker closing on an infantryman when you suddenly see an A-10 rolling in...it's ugly. You also know it's gonna get a whole lot uglier.

That's hilarious.

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Reply #21 - Mar 26^th, 2003 at 9:32pm

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this plane is the BALLS

They built the aircraft around the gun. The pilot sits in a Titanium tub to protect him from getting shot at from the ground.

2 engines and 2 rudders help this "Beast" come back with some bad battle scars.

That is Kirk Ollsens plane, he has an A-10 and an unarmed OA-10 which does some FAC for the grunts on the ground. To me, this by far is the best looking A-10 out there.

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Reply #22 - Mar 27^th, 2003 at 11:00am

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Yep, it's definetely the best! Wink

Kicks the one in the Abacus Warbirds pack ass! Grin

Trust me, I've flew that one too. Wink

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Reply #23 - Mar 27^th, 2003 at 7:13pm

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I got it here at SimV...look under FS2000 Military...yes, it is a FS2000 model, but it still kicks butt... Grin

yep, that is the thing with kirk olssen's models, they are so good it doesn't matter what sim it is for Wink

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Reply #24 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 3:35pm

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I love this A/C also. You can't beat those two huge engines mounted behind the pilot. Makes you think twice about "bailing out"!! HeHe

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Reply #25 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 5:57pm

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Well all I can say is that it looks unique. There are uglier aircraft. Look at the apache. And the F117. There both butt ugly.

You say that the plane was made around the gun? I've heard that story before... Oh yes... The P39! Grin

BTW has anyone actually noticed that its an aircraft and not an artillary piece? There is a big differance. 105mm howitzers do not fly. Nor does the USAF put heavy cannon on there aircraft. (note i am saying that the minigun in the nose is a machine gun. not a cannon.)

Oh well thats that done. Great shots Whitey! (and when can we expect the spit?) Wink

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Reply #26 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 5:25am

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no heavy cannon on USAF aircraft?

well,look at the AC-130 Spectre. i think that it has a 105mm cannon mounted on it's steerboard side together with an 23mm cannon and another cannon.

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Reply #27 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 9:00am

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Woodlouse2002

hmmmm don't think I got it pal, what do U mean by "no heavy cannons in USAF's a/c?"
better yet, what's a heavy cannon 4U? I think a .30mm cannon is heavy, don't U??
I'm curious now.... ???

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Reply #28 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 9:14am

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Ah I forgot about the AC130... Thats an exception...

Foo Fighter. I personally do not consider a 30mm cannon "heavy". Nor do I think that a 40mm cannon heavy. Lets say that anything above 50mm is a heavy cannon. Because at that sort of size it becomes uneconomical to have it on an aircraft when you can only have about 30 rounds to go with it.

Oh and another thing. .30mm is about the diameter of a full stop. so no. I do not think that that is heavy either. Wink

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Reply #29 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 9:21am

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hmmm......ok ok! I get it!!! Grin

But Wood....I can say that UR no at all economical when size is the main inssue LOL Grin

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