"Behold the Aerial Terror of an RC A-10 Warthog"

[Tom]

R/C A-10 Warthog.  Cool toy.  Turn it into an armed drone in minature.     22 caliber gatling gun and 1/4 stick dynamite bombs.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a14499713/rc-a-10-warthog/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=122717

[Guzzi Gal]

 :1: That's friggin' cool!

[MotoChuck250]

Looks like this is being flown in Switzerland. I have to wonder about the mind bending set of regs that you would have to go through and the permissions to fly an RC plane with a gatling gun and 1/4 stick dynamite bombs.   

[ITSec]

Looks like this is being flown in Switzerland. I have to wonder about the mind bending set of regs that you would have to go through and the permissions to fly an RC plane with a gatling gun and 1/4 stick dynamite bombs.   

In Switzerland? Probably very little - after all, didn't they once have a regulation requiring all adult men to keep a rifle in their home? The army reserve forces still do, I think!

[MotoChuck250]

In Switzerland? Probably very little - after all, didn't they once have a regulation requiring all adult men to keep a rifle in their home? The army reserve forces still do, I think!

Sorry I didn't write what i meant to say.  I imagine that would be a lot easier to fly in Switzerland than here in the US. Probably have to get clearance from the FBI for and the Pentagon in this country.  I know that to fly the restored B29 bomber here in Wichita the folks have to file a flight plan 24 hrs in advance with the pentagon.

...and yes, I have some distant cousins in Switzerland who take military training and have gov. issued rifles in their homes.

[Pop]

Extremely cool.

[Guzzistajohn]

Had three fly over the shop the other day(real ones) I was reading an article that said they are pretty much a plane built around a really big gun

[Huzo]

Beautiful workmanship.
Always a bit of a let down that aerodynamics won't allow a 1/10 th scale a/c, to fly @ 1/10 th scale airspeed.
Bit of a holy grail I guess.
I used to have a 1/4 scale Piper Super Cub, and it seemed to touch down at an estimated 25 kts. Fully held off.
Would have translated to a stall speed in the real thing of 100 kts !!

[oldbike54]

 Our Tri-Terrier of Doom likes to jump of the porch , does that make him an Aerial Terrier ?

 Dusty

[Tom]

No.  Flying protein instead.

[tris]

In Switzerland? Probably very little - after all, didn't they once have a regulation requiring all adult men to keep a rifle in their home? The army reserve forces still do, I think!

They certainly used too.

I can remember going there and seeing small trailer mounted anti aircraft guns on peoples front lawns - which was different!!

[Dilliw]

Had three fly over the shop the other day(real ones) I was reading an article that said they are pretty much a plane built around a really big gun

Capt. Kim Campbell would say that the Warthog is a little bit more. 



It's survivability is legendary.  Also it has proven to be a very adaptable platform with lots of wing attachments and that's helped I over the years. 

But in the end, yeh, it's mostly about that really big gun.  Burrt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rGcn2XGr48&t=2s

[hauto]

Before 9-11 the Warren Grove bombing range in south jersey was very welcoming.You could call and they would tell you when a flight of A-10 would be coming in for practice runs.I would take my son and his friends there to watch.Coolest thing was they would let you go up the scoring tower.The A-10s would come in for a gun run almost at eye level.You would see the gun burst out the front of the jet,see the rounds hitting the targets and then hear the gun, in that order.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 It's about the only jet plane the Air Force has that you fly by the seat of your pants instead of by computer.
 Because of this it has always been a pilots' favorite.