WHIF's found on Youtube

[zenrat]

OK.  I only skimmed the video with the sound off.  There seemed to be a lot of other crap in there.

[The Rat]

Matt at Model Minutes makes a nice whiff out of the Frog Bristol 138:

[Weaver]

Messier 82's latest: his take on the A-X (A-10) requirement, this time with upper-surface-blowing engines and an even (slightly) bigger gun:

Reading the comments, I wasn't the only one that saw a superficial resemblance to a CF-100 Canuck.

[kerick]

This guy rambles on about crap that is boring to the point I bailed out on this. The few images of the aircraft are intriguing. The fuselage resembles the A-9, which was the only competitor to the A-10. The engines blowing over the wing looked good but I imagined them to be more like the Boeing YC-14. That's about as far as I got. He talked about an even bigger gun. That usually results in less ammunition. Not sure about that tradeoff. But at least he states that this design is pure fiction and was designed in a game. So I give a ton of credit for that considering what's out there today.

[Dizzyfugu]

The fuselage resembles the A-9, which was the only competitor to the A-10.

There were half a dozen contenders in the A-X conpetition, IIRCS, but only the A-9 and A-10 were greenlit to be built as prototypes for a fly-off. There actually was a design that had engines in this position, IIRC one of Vought's proposals, but they were not intended to blow on the upper wing surface, it was just one of the logical placements for turbofans to allow enough ground clearance and some protection from below.

Gruesome video, though.

[Weaver]

This guy rambles on about crap that is boring to the point I bailed out on this. The few images of the aircraft are intriguing. The fuselage resembles the A-9, which was the only competitor to the A-10. The engines blowing over the wing looked good but I imagined them to be more like the Boeing YC-14. That's about as far as I got. He talked about an even bigger gun. That usually results in less ammunition. Not sure about that tradeoff. But at least he states that this design is pure fiction and was designed in a game. So I give a ton of credit for that considering what's out there today.

He mentioned the YC-14 and the An-72 in the video. The gun is a 32mm 4-barrelled Gatling, so not much bigger. The A-10's GAU-10 has WAY more ammo, in terms of seconds of firing, than most aircraft, so a bit less wouldn't neccessarily be a disadvantage.

[Weaver]

Messier 82's latest: his take on the A-X (A-10) requirement, this time with upper-surface-blowing engines and an even (slightly) bigger gun:

Reading the comments, I wasn't the only one that saw a superficial resemblance to a CF-100 Canuck.

I think if I was designing an aircraft like this, maybe in a slightly later timeframe, I'd be inclined to put the gun in an external pod, with considerably less ammo. It wouldn't be a conventional pod hanging on a pylon with a wobbly zero though, it would be conformal and on dedicated mounting points, like Harrier or Hawk gunpods, just much bigger. However above it would be a conventional hardpoint, giving the ability to take the gun off and replace it with other stores for other tasks, such as more fuel for the FAC role or recce sensors.

Something like an Oerlikon KCA 30mm (same-ish ammo as the GAU-10) or a KDA 35mm would be good.