A-10 gear fairing

"Kirk Stant" wrote in message
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A question for any Warthog jocks (or fans) out the

Why is the front of the right gear fairing on all A-10s painted gloss
black? Is is a radome of some sort? If so, what for?

Unless, of course, you would have to kill me if you told me, etc...

Just curious,

Kirk
Old F-4 WSO


I posted your question onto the Warthog territory forum. It is the ILS
antenna. The Mike Badrocke cutaway drawings still have the ILS in the nose
(an early manufacturer concept), but this was moved to the starboard gear
fairing due to Avenger vibration. Info straight from the guys who fly and
fix 'em.

TJ

"TJ" wrote in message
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The Mike Badrocke cutaway drawings still have the ILS in the nose
(an early manufacturer concept), but this was moved to the starboard gear
fairing due to Avenger vibration. Info straight from the guys who fly and
fix 'em.

TJ

Say again type of vibration. There has to be a story here somewhere.

Tex

"Tex Houston" wrote in message

"TJ" wrote in message
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The Mike Badrocke cutaway drawings still have the ILS in the nose
(an early manufacturer concept), but this was moved to the
starboard gear fairing due to Avenger vibration. Info straight from
the guys who fly and fix 'em.

TJ

Say again type of vibration. There has to be a story here somewhere.

How much of a story do you need to explain this? Placing an antenna in
close proximity to a very energetic 30mm gatling gun muzzle seems like an
obvious trouble spot. I'm slightly surprised the RWR antennas are still up
there.

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"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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"Tex Houston" wrote in message

"TJ" wrote in message
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The Mike Badrocke cutaway drawings still have the ILS in the nose
(an early manufacturer concept), but this was moved to the
starboard gear fairing due to Avenger vibration. Info straight from
the guys who fly and fix 'em.

TJ

Say again type of vibration. There has to be a story here somewhere.

How much of a story do you need to explain this? Placing an antenna in
close proximity to a very energetic 30mm gatling gun muzzle seems like an
obvious trouble spot. I'm slightly surprised the RWR antennas are still
up
there.

You still did not explain "Avenger".

Tex

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:24:27 -0600, Tex Houston wrote:

You still did not explain "Avenger".

GAU-8A/Avenger 30mm cannon.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

"Tex Houston" wrote in message

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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How much of a story do you need to explain this? Placing an
antenna in close proximity to a very energetic 30mm gatling gun
muzzle seems like an obvious trouble spot. I'm slightly surprised
the RWR antennas are still up there.

You still did not explain "Avenger".

GAU-8/A Avenger. That's the name of the gun!

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Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail
"If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing
special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed)

"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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"Tex Houston" wrote in message

"TJ" wrote in message
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The Mike Badrocke cutaway drawings still have the ILS in the nose
(an early manufacturer concept), but this was moved to the
starboard gear fairing due to Avenger vibration. Info straight from
the guys who fly and fix 'em.

TJ

Say again type of vibration. There has to be a story here somewhere.

How much of a story do you need to explain this? Placing an antenna in
close proximity to a very energetic 30mm gatling gun muzzle seems like
an
obvious trouble spot. I'm slightly surprised the RWR antennas are still
up
there.

You still did not explain "Avenger".

Tex

I never replied. The response was from Thomas. The 30mm goes by the name
Avenger.

http://www.hill.af.mil/museum/photos/coldwar/gau8.jpg

TJ