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> Another interesting option would be to strip out the gun mount from the A-10 and slap it on the underside of a quadcopter drone as a turret. Are you talking
by vinceguidry 11y ago
> Another interesting option would be to strip out the gun mount from the A-10 and slap it on the underside of a quadcopter drone as a turret.
Are you talking about this monster?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger
No way could you put that thing on a helicopter. It barely fits on a plane (the entire plane was designed around that gun) as it is.
https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/
Even if you managed to make it stable enough to sustain fire on a target, where would you put the ammo drum? A-10s have special stands you have to put under them when you take the drum out, otherwise the whole thing tips over.
- dforrestwilson1 11y agoIf we can make this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130 I'm pretty sure it's doable.
- vinceguidry 11y agoApparently you have a different idea of what a quadcopter is than I do.