Sway while firing guns

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by Riceball

Ask the designers of the A-10. Thing has a 12 foot gatling gun in it's nose.

I thinkkk, the fact that it has been made 30 years later, might maybe perhaps have something to do with that .

none the less, im gonna google my @ss off now for a sec, to see if there is something to say about that

EDIT: 2 sec later:
it might be because the gatlin is 30mm and the yak cannon 37mm

But I think im gonna go for the fact that the empty weight of the yak-9t was 2300kg... and of the A-10 it was 21000kg.. .
same thing: try mounting a flak cannon on a bicycle, think you might notice the recoil a bit more, than on a tiger tank

Does make you wonder what would happen if you mounted the A-10 gatlin of the yak would it fly backwards ??

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

I thinkkk, the fact that it has been made 30 years later, might maybe perhaps have something to do with that .

none the less, im gonna google my @ss off now for a sec, to see if there is something to say about that

EDIT: 2 sec later:
it might be because the gatlin is 30mm and the yak cannon 37mm

But I think im gonna go for the fact that the empty weight of the yak-9t was 2300kg... and of the A-10 it was 21000kg.. .
same thing: try mounting a flak cannon on a bicycle, think you might notice the recoil a bit more, than on a tiger tank

Does make you wonder what would happen if you mounted the A-10 gatlin of the yak would it fly backwards ??

The 30mm on the A-10 generates about as much thrust as one of its engines. The engire aircraft was designed around its installation, such that it's firing along nearly the exact center of mass of the plane. The Yak-9T, on the other hand, simply has its engine mounted 20mm cannon replaced with a 37mm, and one of the 12.7mm mg's taken off to cut the weight.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by MorgothNL

I thinkkk, the fact that it has been made 30 years later, might maybe perhaps have something to do with that .

none the less, im gonna google my @ss off now for a sec, to see if there is something to say about that

EDIT: 2 sec later:
it might be because the gatlin is 30mm and the yak cannon 37mm

But I think im gonna go for the fact that the empty weight of the yak-9t was 2300kg... and of the A-10 it was 21000kg.. .
same thing: try mounting a flak cannon on a bicycle, think you might notice the recoil a bit more, than on a tiger tank

Does make you wonder what would happen if you mounted the A-10 gatlin of the yak would it fly backwards ??

I'm also going to have to say because the Yak-9T was cloth, wood, and lightweight chromoli-steel. While on the other hand, the A-10 is made of much heavier steel etc.

[Wissam24]

The A-10 has a solid titanium bathtub surrounding the cockpit. This has the added bonus of making sure the pilot can survive a direct hit on the cockpit from a .50 cal weapon.

Incidentally the A-10 is designed to be able to fly straight and steady with only one engine and half a wing blown off.