it's like those battleship turrets turned into coastal defense. no tanks or low flying aircraft can come within miles of this bad boy and it's traverse is top knotch.
not in frame is the big gantry that holds the test equipment. The turn table spins the plane so that half is totally scanned, then they slip it over and do the other side.
why does this plane have F15 intakes as well as the tail mounted engines? 4 engines? if it has F15 engines then a large part of its survivability is gone. the engines being so far up and the fuel storage of the A10 are part of what makes it be able to take hits.
a CAS aircraft with swept wings is moronic. swept wings are much more optimized for high speed flight. the reason the A10 is so effective is because its so slow and can handle well at low speeds. most military aircraft fly like potatoes at 150 knots but the A10 is still maneuverable. this gives you more time to line the gun up to put rounds on target. obviously this comes with disadvantages.
It was made by a text prompt from AI, so you could do it yourself if you really want, but the fault you pointed out of swept wings isn't actually one if it can swing them back to straight out when CAS time comes while having swept for speed and efficiency during transit too and from the AO.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Im a normal sane person so when I respond to someone I assume Im talking to a person. If not, I dont really care about the spam bots.
Nothing about that persons post said that it was a variable sweep wing. They just posted an F15/A10 hybrid (why tf would you choose the F15 to hybridize the A10?) Nothing about the image made it clear that it was a variable wing.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Are you blind? Can you not see the obvious joint midway down the wing that was clearly lifted from a Tomcat?
1 year ago
Anonymous
there is no joint midway down the wing on F14s. the wing is fixed and pivots near the fuselage. what are you on about?
1 year ago
Anonymous
Once again, are you blind? Have you never seen an F-14 and only had it described to you? The swing wing joints are super fricking obvious on any plane because of how unnatural they are compared to the smooth shape of a fixed wing.
1 year ago
Anonymous
what are you on about? I said the wing is fixed, you took offense to it and posted a picture of the wing being fixed. that flare on the fuselage is just that, part of the fuselage. hornets have the same shit.
honestly it sounds like you looked at some morons wet dream of a 4 engine A10 that tries to strafe tanks with a GAU8 at 600 knots and youre attempting to argue to keep this moronic dream alive.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I'm simply amazed that someone who knows things about aeronautics is completely incapable of recognizing that it was a A-10 mashed with a F-14. You're welcome to circle the part on this picture of a F-18 that you think at all resembles those swing joints, but you can clearly see the raised edge that extends from above the missiles and then cuts a 45 degree turn back to the fuselage that are part of an F-14 and it's swing wing system.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Ohhhhh, i see what you mean now. I think its because when I first saw the intake ducts I thought of the Eagle and not the Tomcat. I even said that it had Eagle engines a few posts back. There was only a single picture posted so assuming that it had variable wings would just be a wild guess.
Assuming an F14 type variable sweep wing, it would still be shit. The F14 was not known for its sub 200 knot performance. Honestly it wasn't known for its performance at all aside from going fast in a straight line. The AIM54 was a failure. Complete and utter failure.
You still haven't addressed the point that this render shows to have 4 (four) engines...
1 year ago
Anonymous
Because the render was the result of an idiot slapping the two together for a meme flight sim. It's not an actual mockup. Still should have recognized the swing wing joints, though I can believe that the low quality and lack of shading on the image means that it was difficult to see.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/N3850X/FA-10-Thundercat
If you want slightly less nonsensical while still cursed combinations, you can get the WartHind that someone made by kitbashing two scale models together.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I didnt recognize it because the first thing I saw was those huge square intakes and linked it to the F15.
even then, a sweep wing A10 would fail. the only reason for the sweep wing is to create a balance between subsonic and supersonic flight. the current fixed straight wing A10 is slow without a hope of going supersonic, but its very maneuverable at those low speeds. its engines are also designed around this which gives it a very long loiter time. it can circle engagement areas for a long time before needing refueling.
if they put variable sweep wings on an A10 it would need engine power to take advantage of it. this would mean much more powerful (thirsty) engines that would be able to push it to supersonic speeds
1 year ago
Anonymous
>cut on F-14 engines for supersonic >cut them off when it comes time to brrrrt
Clearly not an issue. USAF hire me now.
1 year ago
Anonymous
yes those giant sails on the back will have no affect
>the reason the A10 is so effective is because its so slow and can handle well at low speeds
The reason the A-10 is so effective is because A-10 pilot school is dedicated to CAS so their community retains a lot of knowledge multirole pilots don't get the opportunity to receive.
The A-10s low speed contributes a lot to its endurance but it actually doesn't increase effectiveness.
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Testing to make sure it would work in Australia
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This is how they do RCS testing isn't it? Or used to at least, probably easier to just use computer simulations these days.
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it's like those battleship turrets turned into coastal defense. no tanks or low flying aircraft can come within miles of this bad boy and it's traverse is top knotch.
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not in frame is the big gantry that holds the test equipment. The turn table spins the plane so that half is totally scanned, then they slip it over and do the other side.
looks like they forgot about the plane on the stand or abandoned the post
They're just getting ready to modernize it
Okay but seriously, why wouldn't this work?
various engineering reasons no one here is remotely qualified to comment on
>a guy that doesn't know anything about the A10
watch your mouth
why does this plane have F15 intakes as well as the tail mounted engines? 4 engines? if it has F15 engines then a large part of its survivability is gone. the engines being so far up and the fuel storage of the A10 are part of what makes it be able to take hits.
a CAS aircraft with swept wings is moronic. swept wings are much more optimized for high speed flight. the reason the A10 is so effective is because its so slow and can handle well at low speeds. most military aircraft fly like potatoes at 150 knots but the A10 is still maneuverable. this gives you more time to line the gun up to put rounds on target. obviously this comes with disadvantages.
It's pretty clearly a joke mockup, but those look like swing wings, so it could go straight wing for more maneuverability at low speeds.
its obviously a joke to anyone that knows about aircraft but dude asked why it couldn't work.
they should mock up an SR71 with 3 GAU8s.
It was made by a text prompt from AI, so you could do it yourself if you really want, but the fault you pointed out of swept wings isn't actually one if it can swing them back to straight out when CAS time comes while having swept for speed and efficiency during transit too and from the AO.
Im a normal sane person so when I respond to someone I assume Im talking to a person. If not, I dont really care about the spam bots.
Nothing about that persons post said that it was a variable sweep wing. They just posted an F15/A10 hybrid (why tf would you choose the F15 to hybridize the A10?) Nothing about the image made it clear that it was a variable wing.
Are you blind? Can you not see the obvious joint midway down the wing that was clearly lifted from a Tomcat?
there is no joint midway down the wing on F14s. the wing is fixed and pivots near the fuselage. what are you on about?
Once again, are you blind? Have you never seen an F-14 and only had it described to you? The swing wing joints are super fricking obvious on any plane because of how unnatural they are compared to the smooth shape of a fixed wing.
what are you on about? I said the wing is fixed, you took offense to it and posted a picture of the wing being fixed. that flare on the fuselage is just that, part of the fuselage. hornets have the same shit.
honestly it sounds like you looked at some morons wet dream of a 4 engine A10 that tries to strafe tanks with a GAU8 at 600 knots and youre attempting to argue to keep this moronic dream alive.
I'm simply amazed that someone who knows things about aeronautics is completely incapable of recognizing that it was a A-10 mashed with a F-14. You're welcome to circle the part on this picture of a F-18 that you think at all resembles those swing joints, but you can clearly see the raised edge that extends from above the missiles and then cuts a 45 degree turn back to the fuselage that are part of an F-14 and it's swing wing system.
Ohhhhh, i see what you mean now. I think its because when I first saw the intake ducts I thought of the Eagle and not the Tomcat. I even said that it had Eagle engines a few posts back. There was only a single picture posted so assuming that it had variable wings would just be a wild guess.
Assuming an F14 type variable sweep wing, it would still be shit. The F14 was not known for its sub 200 knot performance. Honestly it wasn't known for its performance at all aside from going fast in a straight line. The AIM54 was a failure. Complete and utter failure.
You still haven't addressed the point that this render shows to have 4 (four) engines...
Because the render was the result of an idiot slapping the two together for a meme flight sim. It's not an actual mockup. Still should have recognized the swing wing joints, though I can believe that the low quality and lack of shading on the image means that it was difficult to see.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/N3850X/FA-10-Thundercat
If you want slightly less nonsensical while still cursed combinations, you can get the WartHind that someone made by kitbashing two scale models together.
I didnt recognize it because the first thing I saw was those huge square intakes and linked it to the F15.
even then, a sweep wing A10 would fail. the only reason for the sweep wing is to create a balance between subsonic and supersonic flight. the current fixed straight wing A10 is slow without a hope of going supersonic, but its very maneuverable at those low speeds. its engines are also designed around this which gives it a very long loiter time. it can circle engagement areas for a long time before needing refueling.
if they put variable sweep wings on an A10 it would need engine power to take advantage of it. this would mean much more powerful (thirsty) engines that would be able to push it to supersonic speeds
>cut on F-14 engines for supersonic
>cut them off when it comes time to brrrrt
Clearly not an issue. USAF hire me now.
yes those giant sails on the back will have no affect
>swing wings
that's f-14 intakes you mong how could you get this wrong you are a disgrace to me and your mother
oh my gosh. it seems that I have confused F14 and F15 intakes. my shame is immeasurable and I must now commit sudoku.
>the reason the A10 is so effective is because its so slow and can handle well at low speeds
The reason the A-10 is so effective is because A-10 pilot school is dedicated to CAS so their community retains a lot of knowledge multirole pilots don't get the opportunity to receive.
The A-10s low speed contributes a lot to its endurance but it actually doesn't increase effectiveness.
>2 turbofans slapped on an f-14
just take everything that makes an f-14 good and bin it
maybe a panavia tornado?
It could work, just not well enough to buy.
Do you understand the recoil of the GAU-8?
Resting its turbine blades, called torpor.
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Yeah, RCS test stand. There's also one near the south end of Groom Lake... I mean, no. There isn't.
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How come the front of the gun is flat instead of rounded?
idk it's only a small area I guess
Because then you can look at the cool bits from the ground
CIWS prototype
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