Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s

Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s by stcredzero on Thursday March 06, 2014 @03:35PM (#7356376)

Guns producing more recoil than an aircraft's powertrain is nothing new.

Yes, but AFAIK, the A-10 is the only plane that was designed by starting with a BFG, then building a plane around it.

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Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s by dylanrw on Friday March 07, 2014 @05:43AM (#7359522)

You are forgetting the Bell P-39 Aircobra and P-63 King Cobra, both airframes designed around their cannon.

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Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s by stcredzero on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:37PM (#7363872)

Ah, yeah, though I wasn't aware they really did start with the particular gun and work their out. Ok, yeah, they even had the specific gun in mind! The Oldsmobile T9 Cannon, you learn something new everyday!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra#Circular_Pr...

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Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s by auctiontheory on Thursday March 06, 2014 @04:44PM (#7356821)

Upvoted for the elegant use of "BFG."

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Re:Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s by stcredzero on Thursday March 06, 2014 @09:45PM (#7358220)

Sometimes "elegant" == "obvious"

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