Has anyone made an A-10 Warthog?

[Feyd]

I'm fascinated by this airplane. Has anyone turned it into a RockSim design and/or built a flyable one?

[A Fish Named Wallyum]

Seems like there was one on the old Rocketry Forum years ago. You might want to go to the archives and do a search.

[shrox]

I made one, I never got around to flying it though, it should fly like the LexxJet does.

[CPMcGraw]

I'm fascinated by this airplane. Has anyone turned it into a RockSim design and/or built a flyable one?

I do believe one was designed and posted here on YORF, using the Baby Bertha as a starting point. EchoVictor, if I'm not mistaken, is the creator. The name, I believe, was called "Goony Hog", and it was designed during our "goony phase" of models.

[brianc]

http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/archive/index.php/archive/t-474.html

Points to this ZOG-43 newsletter with the plans from Sport Rocketry-
http://www.narhams.org/zog-43/v24/zog43_v24n09_200209.pdf

[GregGleason]

There was an article in Sport Rocketry a few years ago that had an A-10 BG, with templates for building.

The article in the second link from brianc seems to be the one I remembered.

Greg

[Feyd]

Thanks, all, it looks interesting. But what I was hoping for was an actual rocket, not a boost glider. I have the LexxJet (way cool rocket) but haven't flown it yet. Maybe I'll try to rig something up in RockSim after the weekend.

[EchoVictor]

I do believe one was designed and posted here on YORF, using the Baby Bertha as a starting point. EchoVictor, if I'm not mistaken, is the creator. The name, I believe, was called "Goony Hog", and it was designed during our "goony phase" of models.

<cue Lurch voice>

"You rang?"

Yep, I made an A-10 Warthog a few years ago. Flies great;

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/EchoVictor/Rocket%20Stuff/DSC00943.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/EchoVictor/Rocket%20Stuff/DSC00944.jpg

It's definitely in the Goony-bird style, but I'm sure it would probably work if you made it with a BT-50 main body instead of the Bertha's BT-60. Let me know if you'd like the full schematics.

Later,
EV

[EchoVictor]

For those that want them, the GoonyHog plans are here;

http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=485

Later,
EV

[Feyd]

Very interesting! Thanks for the pics and the thread link.