Gun Recoil

[Nath-BDP]

Also I remember a story of a Spitfire pilot thats right Hispano jammed and when he fired the left one his aircraft yawed to the left excessivly, this isn't modeled.

[funked]

Well there is definitely some rocking from the recoil.  You can see this if you look at the plane on external view when firing from the ground or the air.  Recoil from a single Hispano would be about 250 lbs.

HT can you tell us if the recoil forces are input at the locations of the guns on the airframe, or are they lumped together and subtracted from the thrust?

[This message has been edited by funked (edited 08-14-2000).]

[Andy Bush]

Of all the statements being made in this thread, the silliest is the idea that the A-10 can stall when firing the gun...unless the person was talking about the engine disruptions early on due to gun gas ingestion.

Good grief, people, this is only a game!

Andy

[SOB]

Game???  What exactly are you talking about?!?  

[hitech]

HT can you tell us if the recoil forces are input at the locations of the guns on the airframe, or are they lumped together and subtracted from the thrust?

Yes I can tell you.

HiTech

[RAM]

<SPITS COKE ALL OVER THE MONITOR>

LOL!!!!!