F106A

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Hi everyone,
I'm thinking of getting an A-10 for my winter project and was wondering if anyone has tried to incorporate operational speedbrakes.
There's a lot of creative people out there, and with all the mixing options on the new radios, I would think it's doable.
I guess you'd have to split the ailerons, add another servo to operate the "top aileron", and do some creative mixing.
I'm not sure if it would be worth the effort, but it sure would look neat.
BRG,
Jon

CraigG

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Yes Jon, agree that it would look need but it would be complicated and take some engineering to acomplish. Not really needed in flight either since the airplane has plenty of drag. The landing flaps also provide more than enough drag to slow down quickly and/or for steep approaches.

One simple option is to program 30 degrees or so of "crow" into the ailerons. After touchdown, activate the crow and both ailerons deploy up and it looks like a real A-10's split aileron speed brakes. You don't see that much of the lower (downward) half of the aileron anyway so its a reasonable facsimile.

Craig

teebox11

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Someone actually did that with a JH kit, has to be done while building. If you actually do it, I wouldn't actuate them in flight, you might have a big repair! However, part of the shut down after landing that they do is to actuate the brakes before shutting down, looks really cool. The above idea is good, I do that with mine, looks good. Good luck!

Warwick Laken

We are getting to the stage where turbines have to be bought for our Mibo A10. However, the instict is to go for 2 P160s or G boosters. The reason, they can be used in the future on other larger projects and are more interchangable with Rookies and Euros etc.

Has anyone put 2 160s in their A10. How did it fly particularly landing with more residual thrust than a 120.

Any thoughts or Ideas please.

Thank you

teebox11

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I have two 120's in my G3 MIBO, zooms around the sky at half throttle just great. I think anything larger is a waste, overkill. However, do what you like and what your budjet allows. Personally, I would take what flys it, do it, then take the rest of the money and hae a party! My MIBO weighs in at around 74 pounds, wet, yet fly's like it weighs a pound. Enjoy!
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CraigG

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Ditto for my A-10. I've even been flying mine with 120's dialed down to 24lbs or so (118,000rpm) so as to comply with the (old) 50lb max thrust rule over here. Plenty of performance and no problem when I lost one engine on takeoff last summer. More power is fine but you really don't need it.

Warwick Laken

Thanks for the replies on the engines, I will take you advice and go for the 120s

Cheers

teebox11

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Great aircraft Graig! Good luck Warwick, let us know how you do with some pics! By the way, just a bit of fyi, the full scale A-10 is now experiencing spar fracturing and other wing problems. Not surprising, after so many years, so many G's, and great pilots!

Billy

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I though I heard somewhere that they were replacing the center spars on the full sizes. I hear that after Operation Dessert Storm

Billy

CraigG

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Blame it on me. I can remember 30 years ago pulling up to 10 g's in the A-10. During training missions on "controlled ranges" they would score our bomb and straffe hits. It was to your advantage to get as low and close as you could on your dive pass to get a more accurate hit, but you could "foul" if you busted a minimum altitude. Solution; "press" the pass, fire and then "snatch" about 10 g's. You couldn't sustain the g but you could get the nose up and usually avoid a foul.

During "normal" maneuvering we rarely pulled more than 4 or 5 g's but I guess over the years, that took it's toll also.

Craig

Roger Shipley

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These are the new A-10 scale strut attachments (permanent) by MIBO.
Pictures by Joe Grice

Joe C

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Roger,
The G-4 gear look awesome, looking forward for mine to be completed. Joe C!!

brosi

btw: if a european customer wants one of these M!croGuns , I have one spare n.i.b. for a good price. Sorry for non-europeans, I don´t think it would be a good idea sending it through customs.

best regards
brosi

STAN-CAUSSEL

Hello
Here is an A10 with 2 G160
http://www.flyunitedteam.net/

Stan

Roger Shipley

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That is great news JoeC we really like to see them on the flight line.
Will avise on your cockpit next month....the first one we get will be yours.
MIBO has found a good source to produce a dropin lighting system for our hogs.....will advise soonest. Roger

Roger Shipley

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Greg McCarthy a.k.a. Gregairbus Jockey for a Etihad A-340 -One of the latest from AbuDhai, UAE.

jimbo1846

Here is a picture of how I did the nose gear door air switch and steering servo when using the scale nose gear assy.

jimbo1846

sry

Roger Shipley

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Roger Shipley

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I love this landing view from the latest Hawg by Egil Wigert in Colorado

luckyb001

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Hey guys, I'm just starting a build on a gen 4 A-10. Can someone post some Pics of the main gear with the struts and how they attach to the doors. Thanks Mike

Roger Shipley

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Scale Strut Attachments for MIBO G-4 Kit

luckyb001

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Thanks Roger Thats exactly what I needed to see. Mike

PeterDays

Here is a couple of videos of a Mibojets A-10 flown in this years Valencia Jet Blast:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8r-nTVcduA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shvr9aT1oE0[/youtube]

Roger Shipley

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WOW Peter he is really wring it out.....thanks for the video.

Some closeups of Joe Grice's Hawg....he says the low fly by is: "down in the weeds grubbing for worms"....

This is some detailing on a work of art.....can't wait to see it at: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8930111/tm.htm]Route 66 Jets[/link]