The Warthog: A Sci-Fi Take On The A-10
Here's a Sci-Fi take on the A-10 Fighter.
This one has no wings, and for armament "only" uses it's 30mm cannon.
The
ejection charge from the motor is routed up through the perforated
motor tube, and ejects dual parachutes out the back of the upper tubes.
It
has a lower oval half tube to carry an altimeter, which doubles as a
drag maker, to counteract the upper drag from the closed tubes.
2026-05-21
Let the build begin..... headed out to the barn to make a nose cone.
Turned the nose from a couple of previously glued together 2 x 4's.
2026-05-25 Drawing Set Rev 01
2026-05-25 Jet Engine Air Inlets and Body Tubes
2026-05-27 Lag Screw Eyes Install Into Jet Engine Air Inlets
Jet Engine Air Inlets to BT/C-60 Tubes
Mock Up
2026-06-06 Cutting the Tubes and Gluing the Jet Engines to The Body Tube
Internal Glue Fillets at the Jet Engines
I cut a piece of Balsa 1.51" wide to use
as a fixture to hold the inside of the C-60 straight while I glued the
internal surface of the Body to the Jet Engine Tubes.
2026-06-11 Started fabricating up the Motor Tube Sub-Assy
2026-06-12 Nose Cone Ballast and Cutting the Rear of the BT/C-60 to Length
2026-06-14 Fabricated the Wings, Vertical Stabilizers and the Cockpit.
Started gluing the parts to the various Sub-Assy's. Used the Fin Alignment guide I made for my very 1st BAR rocket, X-Wing Alpha, back in 2018
Glue Fillets
Vertical Stabilizers
Mock Up 
Modified the Vert Stabilizers by drilling
some 3/8" diameter holes with a Forstner bit, then cleaned up the holes
with a wood chisel. This made a slot for insertion of the Vert
Stabilizers over the Wing Tips. Started gluing them... fillets to
follow.
Mock Up
