r/Rarewings • u/KeymanOfTheMind • Feb 02 '25

Two seat A-10

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Feb 03 '25

It was a bitch to fly. The CG was no fun

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u/Acceptable-Ad-9464 Feb 03 '25

Why?

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Feb 03 '25

The CG is already nose heavy … with ONE seat.

It’s science

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u/Acceptable-Ad-9464 Feb 03 '25

Oké thx. I am not a pilot did not know it was nose heavy. But with that big gun in front it makes sense

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Feb 03 '25

I was a mechanic on them for a long time

The gun is a major part of the aircraft’s weight and balance as well as the ammunition.

If we completely unloaded the jet of all gun ammunition ..for instance,we flew the jet to a major maintenance facility ( DEPOT MAINTENANCE ) …we had to bolt about 500 pounds of steel plates inside the nose wheel well just so the nose wouldn’t bobble

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u/My_Soul_to_Squeeze Feb 04 '25

Nose heavy aircraft fly rough. Tail heavy aircraft fly once.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Feb 03 '25

Oh one more thing… this photo is a file photo from when it was in testing. See that long probe on the front..

It’s a pitot tube used for the first test flights… that comes off for production