Chapter 496 - 244 Purchase Warthog_2
"Let’s take a look at those two treasures first; if the price is right, I might consider buying them."
Allen Zhang’s words plunged Marusen into a dilemma and contemplation.
"Ok." Marusen took out the warehouse key, turned around, opened the storage door, led a few people into the warehouse, lifted a curtain, and revealed two turbofan engines.
One on the left and one on the right, installed on the A-10 Warthog Attack Plane, they looked like wings unfolded at the waist.
Although many people find the Warthog ugly, relying on the 30mm cannon protruding from the front to bark, it indeed looks a bit ugly.
But its unattractive appearance doesn’t hide its superior performance.
"As you can see, this is not the original Warthog engine; it is the improved B model. The TF34-GE-100 engine’s maximum take-off thrust is 4,112 kilograms, providing the ’Warthog’ with a 500-kilometer effective combat radius. However, the upgraded TF34-GE-100B engine increases A-10’s maximum payload by nearly 2,000 kilograms, raises the aircraft’s ceiling by 1,500 meters, and ensures normal takeoffs and landings in harsh environments," Marusen detailed the engine’s specifications and indicators.
Allen Zhang didn’t know much about this, so he asked Qibatu next to him to step forward and check.
"The A-10 attack aircraft is 16.26 meters long, 4.47 meters high, weighs 11,321 kilograms, has a maximum airspeed of 833 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 3,900 kilometers. Its characteristics include powerful armaments, excellent maneuverability at low speeds, and high survivability and reliability. The cockpit is protected by a 540kg titanium alloy armor plate, has a dual redundant flight control system, the two engines are widely spaced so that it can continue flying even if one is damaged, a 30mm GAU-8 cannon installed in the nose, and 11 hardpoints underneath for carrying up to 7,258 kilograms of various types of weapons."
"During the first Gulf War in 1991, it was the A-10’s first time participating in actual combat. During the Desert Storm operation, the participating 144 A-10 attack aircraft carried out 8,775 missions, destroying over 900 Iraqi tanks, 2,000 other combat vehicles, 1,200 artillery positions, and nearly one-quarter of the Iraqi Army’s weapons depots!"