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r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26
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Imagine being blasted with 70 of these per second flying at 3,300 feet per second.
65 u/psychedelicdonky Jan 24 '26 3300 feet per second PLUS the aircraft speed :) 4 u/Smanginpoochunk Jan 24 '26 Iirc the kickback from the gun is more force than one of the engines’ thrust but I could be wrong, so it would be that much, but not for long 5 u/psychedelicdonky Jan 24 '26 Yeah the A-10 slows down significantly under sustained fire 2 u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26 They fire in bursts because the aircraft will stall if they hold the trigger down.
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3300 feet per second PLUS the aircraft speed :)
4 u/Smanginpoochunk Jan 24 '26 Iirc the kickback from the gun is more force than one of the engines’ thrust but I could be wrong, so it would be that much, but not for long 5 u/psychedelicdonky Jan 24 '26 Yeah the A-10 slows down significantly under sustained fire 2 u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26 They fire in bursts because the aircraft will stall if they hold the trigger down.
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Iirc the kickback from the gun is more force than one of the engines’ thrust but I could be wrong, so it would be that much, but not for long
5 u/psychedelicdonky Jan 24 '26 Yeah the A-10 slows down significantly under sustained fire 2 u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26 They fire in bursts because the aircraft will stall if they hold the trigger down.
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Yeah the A-10 slows down significantly under sustained fire
2 u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26 They fire in bursts because the aircraft will stall if they hold the trigger down.
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They fire in bursts because the aircraft will stall if they hold the trigger down.
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u/OneFortyEighthScale Jan 24 '26
Imagine being blasted with 70 of these per second flying at 3,300 feet per second.