Comments on: Yes. Have some.

By: Jimmy J.

Jimmy J. — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:14:35 +0000

As an old SPAD driver I can assure that the A-10 does make my heart pump faster.

By: Surfcaster

Surfcaster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:44:46 +0000

There is a RC Tomcat out there, wings swing and all, will need to go find it. Not quite as purdy a model as that A10 but it does have its own challenges…

OK, Google / YouTube, so hard to do these days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSRHNLxSzIA

(please pardon the music)

By: b2

b2 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:11:14 +0000

Mike Kozlowski,

re _” Fairchild couldn’t afford to store the tooling and jigs, so they were sold for scrap”

Not good; but not as “fatal” as it was in prior decades..engineering wise. Sounds like the same innate “institutional” bias against the S-3 Viking in the US Navy….

At least the USAF sunk 1.8 Bil into A-10C. That’s something! Thankfully.

By: TIM C

TIM C — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:23:42 +0000

Here is a link from Popular Science that shows pictures of the other R/C aircraft. There are a couple of photos that on first glance you’d think that they are the real thing.

http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/gallery/2008-04/top-gun-2008-pictures

By: Byron Audler

Byron Audler — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:33 +0000

You know, every time I hear the old “tooling and jigs” statement, I just got to wonder, “did they throw away the drawings?” Because that’s where the skull sweat is. It wouldn’t exactly be cheap to bring the bird back into production (or any other retired aircraft, but it wouldn’t be nearly as expensive as doing it from scratch.

By: Mike Kozlowski

Mike Kozlowski — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:58:44 +0000

B2-
Sadly, USAF prejudice and corporate stupidity have killed any chance of ever restarting the A-10 line – back in the late 80s-early 90s, Fairchild was bidding on the USAF’s next gen trainer contract, and asked if the could dispose of the tooling and jigs for the Hog. The USAF basically said, “Sure – WE’LL never need the damn thing again and we’re going to get rid of it as soon as we decently can.” Fairchild couldn’t afford to store the tooling and jigs, so they were sold for scrap.

Mike