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echo: guns
to: JOHN SANDOW
from: NOLAN PENNEY
date: 1996-05-17 09:30:00
subject: Guns

JS>In high mode, supposedly the 30mm GAU avenger on the warthog provided
JS>about 70hp worth of rearward thrust.  Which does us a lot of good
JS>since  jet engines are rated in pounds of thrust, and if you want to
JS>start  converting prop driven horsepower to jet thrust, your going to
JS>open yet  another big can o worms...  :-)
The pilots have told me it's not a problem with the plane.  They can
come in low and slow and fire without a problem.  There was confusion
over what you mean by high mode.  Apparently the gun is selective in the
number of rounds it fires in a burst, but not the rate of fire.
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