Then enlarged it by 1.5x.
Increased the armor all around.
Put a bigger engine.
Added a GAU-8.
Would it be better than the A-10, while costing much less?
What if they got the Super Tucano...
Then enlarged it by 1.5x.
Increased the armor all around.
Put a bigger engine.
Added a GAU-8.
Would it be better than the A-10, while costing much less?
No, because it will still be susceptible to being shot down lmao. Do you realize on how fragile aircrafts are? 1 problem can result in a accident.
the sky warden is already a chosen solution.
the tractor was only chosen because 2 GOP members were blocking the USAFs acquisition of the A-29
tractor is cooler
super tucano larping as a warbird goes hard tbh
Sky Warden looks so fucking retarded.
Looks like a fine instrument of death and destruction, better than some huehue shit
No amount of "le turd world huehue shit" is going to save the Sky Warden from looking like they tried to make a modernized Stuka but failed at all levels, having it greenlit due some crooked politics is the essence of being a shit-worlder.
it looks like you cant see shit out of the cockpit, id take the super tucano just for that.
it's an IL-2
what if they made a push-pull variant of super tucano?
What if they made a turbofan of the Super Tucano?
Like a A-21R.
I'm the CEO of Lockheed, we need go getters like you
>Added a GAU-8.
Why the fuck would you do this in the modern day? If you absolutely must have a cannon as an option make it an optional gunpod and not a complete waste of payload/space as the GAU8
No.
>size
Still isn't big enough.
>GAU-8
MIC demands million dollar + weapons to kill 3 dudes, get with the times.
i dont think you understand just how much the GAU platform weighs, its the size of a beetle. the warthog uses CRJ engines just to push the damn thing. if you want to stay with a turboprop you will have to reduce cannon size or rate of fire, cant have both.
Yes, haven't you ever played GTA online? It's (in the game as the "Western Rogue") exactly that and extremely OP!
>GTAO
Summer is over, kid, shouldn't you be in school?
There is no reason to want GAU-8 or any small aircraft that are not drones. Drones do not require CSAR, can loiter longer, are cheaper to produce and expendable.
I don't think you understand how big the GAU-8 actually is
Also shit on the Super Taco, Sky Warden is my friend now
>they choose a literal cropduster over a purpose build CAS machine
And then we say Russians/Chinese are bad.
Brownoids mad the big dogs didn't want to buy their shitty toy. Both options are retarded... remember the Sky Warden wasn't chosen by the Airforce proper... the Light Attack venture ended in nothing, because big USAF realized it was a waste of resources and abandoned it. AFSOC bought it because they still need something they can pack into a C-17 and fly to Africa so they can blast nigs with it.
What was the name of that company which mods a civilian prop plane into a pretty badass COIN recon / attack plane?
Better idea, tandem Tucanos with a GAU-8 in a central gun pod. Make it smoothbore to use canister and APFSDS for extra effectiveness
Bring back A-1 Skyraiders
or Grumman A-6 Intruders
Super tucanos are just for busting piss poor guerillas no need to it to be bigger or "better".
That config in the picrel already is good enough.