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There is a jet aircraft, the A-10, with a gun so powerful that it provides more thrust than the jet engines.

nether 12y ago
And the A-10, SR-71 circlejerk begins.
Gracana 12y ago
"The average recoil force of the GAU-8/A is 10,000 pounds-force (45 kN), which is slightly more than the output of one of the A-10's two TF34 engines (9,065 lbf / 40.3 kN each). While this recoil force is significant, in practice a cannon fire burst only slows the aircraft a few miles per hour in level flight" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger
- digi_owl 12y ago
  And then thanks to a certain XKCD what if article: https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/ We learn about a certain russian gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30 That can apparently produce 40G of recoil force... Towards the end of it all, it is starting to look like the premise of a certain mobile game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.halfbrick.jetpackjoyride https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.halfbrick....
  - TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
    > The airframe vibration led to fatigue cracks in fuel tanks, numerous radio and avionics failures, the necessity of using runways with floodlights for night flights (as the landing lights would often be destroyed), tearing or jamming of the forward landing gear doors (leading to at least three crash landings), cracking of the reflector gunsight, an accidental jettisoning of the cockpit canopy and at least one case of the instrument panel falling off in flight.
- abfan1127 12y ago
  It also used to produce so much oxygen-free gas that the engines would flame-out. The engines were modified to deal with it. Its in the same wikipedia article.
Audiophilip 12y ago
Some guys used exactly this effect to land the A-10C on an aircraft carrier in a flight simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fteYkPabLTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fteYkPabLTA Very entertaining.

And the A-10, SR-71 circlejerk begins.

"The average recoil force of the GAU-8/A is 10,000 pounds-force (45 kN), which is slightly more than the output of one of the A-10's two TF34 engines (9,065 lbf / 40.3 kN each). While this recoil force is significant, in practice a cannon fire burst only slows the aircraft a few miles per hour in level flight" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger

digi_owl 12y ago
And then thanks to a certain XKCD what if article: https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/ We learn about a certain russian gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30 That can apparently produce 40G of recoil force... Towards the end of it all, it is starting to look like the premise of a certain mobile game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.halfbrick.jetpackjoyride https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.halfbrick....
- TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
  > The airframe vibration led to fatigue cracks in fuel tanks, numerous radio and avionics failures, the necessity of using runways with floodlights for night flights (as the landing lights would often be destroyed), tearing or jamming of the forward landing gear doors (leading to at least three crash landings), cracking of the reflector gunsight, an accidental jettisoning of the cockpit canopy and at least one case of the instrument panel falling off in flight.
abfan1127 12y ago
It also used to produce so much oxygen-free gas that the engines would flame-out. The engines were modified to deal with it. Its in the same wikipedia article.

Audiophilip 12y ago

Some guys used exactly this effect to land the A-10C on an aircraft carrier in a flight simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fteYkPabLTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fteYkPabLTA Very entertaining.