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"Group Mission Trolls lose their ass trying to censor" was:"Compost Heap declares viktory!" ( [ADMIN] UMA FAQ M1A2)
Errons Mother wrote: Erron's dad wrote: (snipage occurs, fore and aft) RTO, you may wish to address this one. Regardless of Nosehairs status, your bunches last little tiff about the A-7 showed that you will almost always take the opposite no matter what the truths are. And thank you for xposting into and AF area where almost all of us know the Short Ugly Little Feller (cleaned up). And even when give the operational facts, your bunch continues to troll along. Sounds like Nosehair just might have a point. your original claim: But one has to understand that an A-7 could pick it's own weight up in ordinance. Empty weight for the A-7E was just over 15,000 lbs including fuel. Loaded, it was a bit over 30K. If you could sling it under it, it could lift it. The D and E models (AF and Navy) were are remarkable Aircraft for it's size. And it carried two Aim9s as well. what they said in RAM: "Thomas Schoene": In 1982, Jane's had the following figures for the A-7E: Empty Weight: 19,127 lbs Max T-O Weight: 42,000 lbs That's a difference of 22,837lbs, so potential payload did exceed the empty weight of the aircraft. But that's including pilot, consumables, fuel, and weapons (including pylons). The maximum external weapon load was stated as 15,000 lbs. That was carried on six underwnig hardpoints (four @ 3500 lbs, two @ 25000 lbs) and twio fuselage stations @ 500 lbs (for AAMs). Yes, that adds to 20,000 lbs, but you could not safely load all the stations to their maximum stressed weights. Whether that's a realistic load for operational use is of course a different issue. "John Carrier": The A-7's empty weight was a bit over 20K IIRC, certainly not 15 (even in the A-7A version ... the E was much heavier). The A-7 never lifted its empty weight in stores. That would have taken it well over max gross. "Guy Alcala": Dorr's book lists the A-7A @ 15,037 lb. empty, MTOW 32,500 lb. A-7D is listed at 19,781 lb. empty, 42,000 lb. MTOW, essentially agreeing with Tom's data from Jane's. Typical bombload during Vietnam for Navy A-7s was about 6,000 lb., although during DS they tended to operate with only 4,000 lb. such as 4 x Mk. 83 1,000 lb. bombs (plus an AIM-9 or two), as they'd removed two pylons to decrease the drag. USAF A-7Ds tended to operate with 4-6,000 lb. in Vietnam, plus two tanks and a pod or two if going into a high-threat area. Navy a-87s in Vietnam tended not to carry tanks (they were closer to the targets) unless they were acting as buddy tankers, and they had internal ECM so didn't need to take up a pylon or two with that. kindly point out to me the parts that agree with and/or support your original claim.... i can't seem to find any. Of course not. Then again, I once was in a band with a drummer that was army. His MOS was Computer Technician. In the AF, Navy or Marines, He would have repaired the equipment from top to bottom. But the Army's idea was for him to pull the black boxes and send them to someone else. Everyone in the AF or Navy could do that job without the fancy title and with no training. It only required him to look a the pictures and to pull the appropriate black box and push in another one. No wonder you can't understand. |
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