EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
6/14/2008 2:39:34 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
6/14/2008 2:41:16 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
dude a10s are slow 6/14/2008 2:45:11 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
that's the point
they're better for scouting missions, finding things on the ground, and air - ground support 6/14/2008 2:50:08 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103354 Posts user info edit post |
tank killaz 6/14/2008 2:53:54 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52826 Posts user info edit post |
they're also tough as nails and can carry a shit ton of ordnance. they're also very quiet (for a jet)--they use the same engines as the Navy's S-3 Viking (the "Hoover", because it sounds like a vacuum cleaner). don't know for sure, but they prob have lots of loiter time, too (very fuel efficient engines, and probably carries a lot of fuel).
from what i understand, they almost always fly with an IR Maverick--not to shoot, but to use as a poor man's FLIR (i.e., the Air Force has a love-hate relationship with the Warthog, and many have wanted to get rid of it since damn near its inception, so they couldn't get funding for a real FLIR).
helluva CAS platform. i think there have been a number of friendly fire accidents with them, though (people joke about it being the #1 killer of Marines). 6/14/2008 2:56:15 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
it's my very first project
I got to sit in one on friday actually 6/14/2008 3:00:15 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52826 Posts user info edit post |
i also never realize how big they are until i saw them up close in a hanger one day 6/14/2008 3:03:45 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
yep, they're pretty damned big
designed to be able to still be able to fly with busted wings, engines interchangeable parts, etc..
[Edited on June 14, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : d] 6/14/2008 3:09:14 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
yeah ... exactly sooo i don't get zooom....
more like dopey dope... dopey dope.... dopey dope bang bang bang.... dopey dope... 6/14/2008 3:13:54 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
they're faster than I am 6/14/2008 3:14:46 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
so am i 6/14/2008 3:24:28 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89767 Posts user info edit post |
slut 6/14/2008 3:27:24 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
i wish... but just the intent does not a slut make 6/14/2008 3:28:11 PM |