Burn it

WLJayne said:

It was around a bit before but all the way through the A-10's life but I don't think they would have sent an A-10 up against warships. The US Army would have been too busy melting T-72's in germany with them . More likely it would have gone up against F-14's and such armed with Harpoon and Exocet. But she would have been in a flotilla that would have included ASW and AA specialist warships to bolster her own defences. Not uncrackable, but one tough walnut!

Iowa class is a WW2 relic, useful as power projection but dubious use in action against Soviets .

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Saw some destroying things in Afghan on youtube

Suppose an Iowa kinda falls into the same class as an AC-130 Reaper or Spooky though, with artillery that size its a specific job, land huge explosive shells and do serious damage if you can get them to hit

Dr_evil said:

Saw some destroying things in Afghan on youtube

Suppose an Iowa kinda falls into the same class as an AC-130 Reaper or Spooky though, with artillery that size its a specific job, land huge explosive shells and do serious damage if you can get them to hit

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Bingo !

Best A-10 double flyby ever:

A-10 Warthogs fly by - YouTube

WLJayne said:

Bingo !

Best A-10 double flyby ever:

A-10 Warthogs fly by - YouTube

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i used to see them daily low flying above the fields i was working ,whilst using local beach firing range ,gun bursts were spectacular

Love the drone noise as they dive and those 20mm Vulcans with explosive rounds are ridiculous

Best 'drone noise' I've ever heard was the German Army 2A4 and 2A5 tanks.

I've been overtaken by a convoy of them, running on metal tracks on asphalt. I was towing a heavy trailer with a M-Benz Sprinter up a long hill at about 45 -50 mph and they just came up behind and pulled out as one and left me behind. What a power - and what a smell - what a fuel consumption - maybe the MAFs needed checking.

Scary - with Deutsches Afrika Korps insignia too.

Singvogel said:

Best 'drone noise' I've ever heard was the German Army 2A4 and 2A5 tanks.

I've been overtaken by a convoy of them, running on metal tracks on asphalt. I was towing a heavy trailer with a M-Benz Sprinter up a long hill at about 45 -50 mph and they just came up behind and pulled out as one and left me behind. What a power - and what a smell - what a fuel consumption - maybe the MAFs needed checking.

Scary - with Deutsches Afrika Korps insignia too.

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Thats the idea though isn't it 60mph top speed ANYWHERE!

Dr_evil said:

Thats the idea though isn't it 60mph top speed ANYWHERE!

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Yup - with a 47 litre engine that gets less than 1 mile per gallon.

Singvogel said:

Yup - with a 47 litre engine that gets less than 1 mile per gallon.

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thats fecking huge!

Dr_evil said:

thats fecking huge!

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And it starts first time. :flame:

Dr_evil said:

Lenin did set up communism though, wasn't a great idea in practice for the serfs but for the others it worked and without the amount of fear and power he and his predecessors had they might not have had the power to build such a vast army and defeat the Germans

This really is all "if's buts and maybe's" though

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also had german help in getting to power in the first place slightly ironic

Dr_evil said:

Love the drone noise as they dive and those 20mm Vulcans with explosive rounds are ridiculous

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30mm and depleted uranium.
Now that would cure a K series Freelander.

Will mentioned Model Kits earlier in the thread.
Has anybody come across a Freelander model Kit as I have always fancied making one.
Some interesting Dioramas with an AA truck maybe.

webley2000 said:

30mm and depleted uranium.
Now that would cure a K series Freelander.

Will mentioned Model Kits earlier in the thread.
Has anybody come across a Freelander model Kit as I have always fancied making one.
Some interesting Dioramas with an AA truck maybe.

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better yet it'd give a reason to use an Iowa or spooky artillery barrage on that bugger :bounce:

Never seen a FL kit, mostly all you see is Defenders and Series in scale. Still could be interesting .

theres a couple of G4's about.

LRO1686 REMOTE CONTROL G4 FREELANDER | LRSeries Kits | shop | www.lrseries.com | L. R. Series

Thinking of a model kit really but then again I could get one of those to put away for future grand kids

Looks reliable.

Right, to bring things back to the original topic (that was a fun digression though) MAW sent me out another controller this morning. Because it isn't a simple failure,rather it failed while being used in an untested way, I had to pay for it but he knocked 20% off for me. When DC get back from their xmas holiday (ozzies tend to take longer off as it's nice there this time of year) then we'll get in touch and see if I can get a refund on the pump and controller. But I do accept that it was being used in a way that isn't expected so I won't pout if they say they can't refund me. I just want it to work at this point.

Will.

Er! Did they say don't use it that way? Did they say it uses different voltages? If the answers no. Demand a refund!

Diesel Do said:

Er! Did they say don't use it that way? Did they say it uses different voltages? If the answers no. Demand a refund!

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I wud have thort it should be capable of being driven from their own controller?

but may be the fault was with the wiring? :behindsofa:

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Er! Did they say don't use it that way? Did they say it uses different voltages? If the answers no. Demand a refund!

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I don't know mate, I will have to check the instructions. I'm pretty sure they will give me a refund and a replacement EBP - they don't ask many questions from what I've read. It's just a **** time of year for this to happen.

I'm not employed in the regular sense so I fooking hate all this bank holiday BS, the world stops and I can't get owt done! S'alright for those on 9 to 5!