Building a DIY A-10 WARTHOG… It Shoots!

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[@michaelrechtin]

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[@Kr0n11kzzz]

nice

[@sad_men12]

fpv with airsoft gun

[@WiseOldRafikiYT]

this is cool but if you wanted to do a cannon plane the xa38 grizzly or a hs129 duck would of been cool but a10 needs to be a brrrrrrrtttttt

[@alfredstergaard4660]

can you release the STL file of the a10?

[@UberChargeGaming-ek4nm]

do not play the fucking game, you will regret it

[@krystofkuh]

You should replace the nerf blaster for airsoft "gun". Higher fire rate + more ammo = better!

[@liebermen2369]

Replace plastic bbs with metal bbs for authentic action

[@krystofkuh]

@@liebermen2369 Yes! LOL

[@Jaszczur-sp2tx]

why not .22lr

[@waitfor2050]

@@Jaszczur-sp2tx illegal

[@user-tn8er8lb1c]

That was what I was going to say. Looked like the nerf darts didn’t fly well because the darts weren’t mutch faster than the plane

[@AeroKrieg]

3:39 “if you also want to fly an A-10 warthog, but don’t want to go through the long process of building one yourself, you need to check out war thunder” I could have built one sooner than it took me to get it in war thunder 💀

[@ancientcommandoPL]

I agree

[@gaspadoroantonos9364]

True

[@daylen577]

You just skipped over the whole CNC hot wire cutter, but you really should do another video on that showing what you did differently and things like how you slice the files for it

[@11macedonian]

Yes! I second this

[@SaitoGray]

Yes, because I kinda want to build it...

[@billyvray]

Third

[@colelandreneau304]

agreed!

[@kennyking9667]

Very true

[@NicholasRehm]

Okay but the little nerf blaster design was so slick and you just breezed past it like it was easy

[@MauricioHernandez-de8is]

waiting for your next Vtol project bro

[@user-zu6wg9wt8m]

Same here

[@OG-ProfessorFarnsworth]

He just modded an existing design to fit. But I agree it was super slick!

[@menulanethsilu1405]

Making it fly with just the two motors in the back and not in the wings would make it a lot more realistic

[@FlyingBanana985]

it is much harder though as the center of mass and thrust won't line up like it does with this design.

[@Astroboooom]

@@FlyingBanana985 why not if he mounts batteries in the end it should work but would require much more thrust

[@Fives5275]

I definitely second this

[@stephen3765]

Yeah and he should have made the gun real, add metal, retractable landing gear, and add real missies

[@DaAznPrince]

⁠@@FlyingBanana985all the other RC A-10 foamies use only the rear EDFs. Same thrust line as the real A-10. It also has straight wings which provide lift and require less thrust.

[@benbro8287]

... i found the build cool until i saw the extra propellers on the wings... those offend me somehow.

[@dragonslayer5j883]

Same

[@fritzgeraldmichel4610]

Same

[@SkullLikesGambling]

Same, Kinda.

[@333donutboy]

Very cool plane. How about FPV with a gel blaster. Gel blaster makes glow in the dark pellets too.

[@tetronaut88]

Flite Test moment lol

[@Chadfam_models]

Intest

[@blalor76]

Awesome build. I’d love to see some details on the CNC foam cutter!

[@BotondCsoka]

Hello! Amazing video! Can you make a video of the electronics? The RC system, the arduino programming?

[@ZsombiFlightVids]

3:35 You don’t have to build it for weeks/days instead you have to grind it😂 XD

[@kartherton]

Now there’s someone who can hand launch properly! So many people can’t do this. Well done. 👍

[@idemanddonuts]

Dude! When using fiberglass make sure you're using gloves! And a respirator might be advisable as well (I'm only a few seconds into the video lol)

[@TimLukeAnderson]

hey if you ever get the idea to make another one from the ground up , may i suggest a different route of building the fuselage and chasis frame. you can get tig wire/filler rod, any metal type will do. a 10 pound tube should be more than enough. you can bend these and tack them to form a hoop frame chasis or 3dprint fasteners after you bend them to connect them together if you dont have a welder or torch setup. you could probablly get away with brazing them together as well. this design would survice any type of crash landing, your exterior may not but if you make it modular you could print backup pieces that snap and fit onto the hoopframe chasis .

[@mikebergman1817]

This video is criminally underrated. Easily the coolest rc plane project I have seen in a while.. and "Built Fast" has been dropping some banger builds lately. Yet this is cooler. I agree with others asking about a separate video on the updated cnc foam cutter. Thank you for the dose of inspiration!!

[@fledglingrockets]

Definitely add a FPV camera at the front! It'd be awesome to upgrade to paintball and take it to a paintball fight. Super underrated!

[@daniel1117]

3D printed whistle bomb would be so cool. I saw someone attach it the end of an arrow and shoot it. Maybe a weight and a hatch to drop it from the plane. Awesome video

[@ltfadl1]

Take the props off, add some EDFS and gear, then move that battery back up front if needed and it would be cool to have some bombs and cam to watch them hit their targets 😊

[@Kronoxa_]

Omg yes I hate when people add props to jet aircraft in silly places, I get that it's expensive, but it looks soo good

[@mutekn0wm0re82]

@@Kronoxa_”silly places” - literally every conventional twin engine propeller plane

[@Kronoxa_]

@@mutekn0wm0re82 mate I said jet aircraft... Not taking about prop aircraft

[@evansobx]

That is an awesome build. Have you thought about Landing Gear? Can’t wait to see what you design next😎

[@mkprivate7523]

As a recent enthousiast of RC planes I think you missed a HUGE opportunity with just this single 13 min video..... You could have documented this amazing built in multiple 20+min videos and it WILL be watched! I don't believe that I am the only one on the planet who - instead of watching cr*p on tv/streaming - binge watch multiple episodes on a built; from unboxing to the final product.

[@ryanmartin5668]

Built that backwards. The A-10 is not an aircraft with a gun attached, it’s a gun with a plane attached. Seriously, super cool build.

[@joshuavincent7884]

dude...how are you gonna brush over your new CNC foam cutter like that...we want a whole video on it! awesome plane btw

[@Steelcrafted]

Dude your design chops are on another level. You def deserve way more subs....you earned mine! That 4 axis hot wire is so sick.

[@josefbeierl8579]

A very cool custom build! well done

[@hiketee6159]

A good idea could be to just remove the small motors on the wings and go with bigger motors on the back. Where the actual engines of the A-10 are located.

[@viniciusbrito7512]

it flies beautifully!

[@muskmelon9811]

I have an idea for the gun you can use two high speed motors with wheels so they can easily shoot the ammo

[@vaportrapper1825]

Just found your channel and it’s amazing thanks for the content

[@Caleb-if8gp]

Might be late, but it would be awesome if you made a b-1 lancer with controlable wings that could go back like an f-14

[@ShawnEngland]

You should do a F4U Corsair - it would be interestingly complicated with the hot-wire CNC

[@thisexists_]

for war thunder, instead of a long process for building, its an even longer process of grinding out the entire us tech tree to get the a10 late, or buying the 50 dollar a10a

[@anon_y_mousse]

You're really bringing my dreams/nightmares to life with these projects. Add some AI control to it and you'll have the nightmare part nailed. Of course, if you want a good next project, use a couple of microjet engines and build an Me-262.

[@bocobocokingboco7722]

You should make a bigger RC plane that drops bombs or at least small foam ones and so experiment with the mechanism for dropping the bombs and targeting them.

[@Timmyatbed]

Make a plane that can drop stuff from the back and then drop parachutes with a firework attached to it.

[@austin_dyer1821]

The a10 cannon isn’t centered in the fuselage it’s offset to one side

[@thinkinginthemiddle4566]

if it flies well at a third throttle then why have motors on the wings? it adds weight and further complicates the electronics. Also it looks better without them.

[@bumblebeangiangiulio6951]

Next time, put an airsoft gun inside, it can hold wayyy more rounds, and some contro up to 75rps, like the a10

[@HaveFunBikes]

To add, I wish it had only the "real" engines, not the wings ones. I would like to see a KC390 plane built next! With landing gear!

[@Thunderbirdmovies]

I’m not surprised it took off at a low speed. It’s a slow plane. If it’s close enough to the real plane, you could probably fly it with only one wing and one engine.

[@generalfishcake]

The Warthog is back in business! (always sunny reference)

[@JustGiraffeFlight]

looks great, but the propellers could be replaced with 2 large edfs

[@grahamtotte7133]

I would love to see one of these with a full auto ruger 10 22 with a high cap magazine. Highly illegal but it would be cool.

[@arghjayem]

03:34 Should’ve designed a magazine system like the P90’s. Could have had a lot more nerf darts to feed into the gun with the magazine going horizontally down the fuselage! 😂

[@pilotmiami1]

Bravo.perfect. go ahead

[@Terrestre1]

AWESOME!!!

[@Loseaaloaer]

this man doesnt get enough credit for the work he does

[@Hegimi]

You can build german WWII early jet He-162, that would be pretty cool

[@calif94577]

Replace the back motors with EDF and remove the wing motors, then replace Nerf blaster gun with full auto airsoft gun. Lastly add FPV. The perfect plane!!!

[@DaAznPrince]

Very nice build! I need to 3D print a jet.

[@Haza3137]

your smart af .. good work man

[@cherwinasakkam5439]

the fact that your near a coal plant is crazy and i also think that one of them is a nuclear reactor

[@read_the_tds1768]

Very cool build. Try using ducted fans. Definately FPV, and then get something like a Umarex Steel Storm in there.....(full auto BB gun)

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Michael! Really well done! 😃 Awesome flying as well! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@therealtwo2dee]

HS-129 B3 should be next! if you could get the big gun working that would be cool. i guess depending on scale you could use paintballs!

[@JamesTenniswood]

Amazing build, good job! 🎉

[@kaspersorensen]

Michael, that was awesome!

[@jazz1on]

Very cool

[@Aero-100]

You didn't even need the motors in the wing, by using the big fan, a compression system + a module with some heaters and a fit exhaust at the end, will have make it able to carry even a (scale-sized) tank with batteries and some DYI bombs (of no more than air or dust (maybe sand)).

[@maciejajewski]

nice job. but why motors on the wings ? takes away from the scale look a bit... is it not possible to get enough thrust from rear motors ?

[@mickeyg.c.1654]

Awesome video!

[@tides672]

Amazing! I subbed

[@HalalMuaz]

Bruddas next video finna be, “Here is a diy area 51!”

[@willcubemakes]

You should add an FPV Camera and try and do a "bomber run" with a bunch of targets set up! Maybe you could even have people trying to shoot it down...

[@finnmaccoll]

Could you put more motors in the back 2 engines to accelerate the air more and then remove the motors on the wings? Obv a fair bit of mods would need done but you could counteract with airsoft system instead of nerf

[@susy411]

I think huge darts on wings for bombs and a POV cam

[@billyvray]

You drop a banger of a new foam cutter and just tease it?! My man, you gotta share that!

[@michaellesniak1896]

With @krystofkuh’s comment i think a AEG motor or an AEP with an inbuilt tracer in the hopup and a short innerbarrel you could have a cool night view of fpv flyby. I have sketched and assembled something similar with a pp-19 round magazine or a short hi-cap stanag mag

[@nathansmith1085]

The A10 is easily my favorite plane!

[@DasKatzenbrot]

This is so cool, could you do a Messerschmitt 262? Its the first jet ever build

[@gadgetbuster69]

You should make it shoot airsoft BBs. You can get higher projectile velocities and carry more ammunition

[@bocobocokingboco7722]

Also maybe rifle the gun and add stronger motors so that the nerf bullets don’t dip down so fast and go straighter and so you have a more accurate and stronger gun.

[@Vibakari]

“If you want the feeling of flying an a10 warthog, but don’t want to go through the long process of building one yourself; War Thunder offers an even longer process!

[@user-en5gw8gj8d]

Thats true, fortunately it not in the italian tech tree😂😂😂

[@SADLADTV]

Awsome build!!!! Would you cut and sell all the parts as a kit? I don't have the ability to print or cut the parts my self

[@argon2534]

great video

[@m4tik539]

Fly by sounds soo good!

[@nonsquid]

Well done. I would like to see GPS guided precision munition bombs to hit a bulls eye target with visual assist designation from your A10 RC Warthog.

[@mrb2917]

Would have liked to seen some full throttle low passes, it's not like it's going to come apart. Still, sick build man

[@KesterLangner]

can you show how you have the design with all the parts. I also want to build an RC airplane and want to design it as much as you.

[@KesterLangner]

a step by step tutorial would be cool.

[@BeefIngot]

This thing is super cool though I wish it could fly on the ducted fans alone.

[@GamerMomentsToo]

2:26 balsa wood 🪵 !💀

[@leoschuller5667]

Everything in this video is perfect.

[@bartlebee]

you should make an SR-72 Darkstar

[@malvoliosf]

Build a U2! Or a Wright Flyer.

[@Hayden_Wheels]

It would be neat if you made a Zenith 750 or 701 STOL plane! Awesome job 👍

[@mdev3987]

Amazing model :D Would be fun to make it for "two" people, one to fly and another to fire :D

[@alessandroazevedo2370]

Is the G force applied on this scale? if yes ok. Why doesn't the engine break away from the plane's fuselage and start up?

[@DaneHarp-fh9mj]

I like it how he said “you want the feeling of flying an A-10 without needing to make it yourself”. Even though it takes months to get the a-10 in warthunder. 😂

[@YourAverageAntiFurryRedcoat]

At this point war thunder needs no introduction.

[@Coder.tahsin]

Amazing make another copy of that and then add a FPV camera and show us a dog fight.

[@GilB561]

Great great great job! Super sick.

[@skull_memes11]

Hey, would you please build an F-4 Phantom and a P-51D Mustang??!! My daughter and I watch your builds and that A-10 was amazing! Great build and a great video! Thank you!! Lord keep and bless you!!

[@user-oq4uz9zh8h]

Please make a tutorial video on how you make A-10 in onshape

[@jakeknapke1506]

need to get me on of these Bad Larry’s!

[@user-op4ns2ng2p]

i know it alot harder but you should try making a mig 29 but with no front propellers

[@itzjoeylo4501]

What spray paint is foam safe?

[@florianj6490]

The fuselage is complete overkill with its inner structure 3d printed outer structure and additional laminating. But the wings instead just out of foam. That doesn't make sense. It would be totally sufficient just to print out the fuselage or build it out of foam with a additional laminate layer.

[@EMIRFPV]

Thats really Cool

[@paranoidzkitszo]

what would it normally have as oppossition? Build that and equip it with darts/ laser tag module...have a dog fight in the sky....or better re-enact a true scenario where both pilots are distances away...1 is on trajectory to some war type objective...maybe even a bomber with mock bombs that drop outta a payload/ hatch.... or water balloons tho heavy. Then try to intercept it and use the nerf darts or rig up that lasertag stuff to strobe a red yellow light....theres even mini smoke generators made from ecigs...saw some on etsy pre made..but i know rc sites sell em for tanks or drifting rc cars to look like they are actually burning out.....

[@CustomcrowdMitroc]

Removes the wing propellers and just run it off EDF motors

[@fritzgeraldmichel4610]

Not only it has extra motors on the wing, but it also ejects the shells which is not realistic at all 😢😢