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From: cperlebe@encad.Wichita.NCR.COM (Chris Perleberg)
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Subject: Re: GAU-8 questions.
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Date: 31 Oct 89 04:06:38 GMT
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From: cperlebe@encad.Wichita.NCR.COM (Chris Perleberg)

In article <10704@cbnews.ATT.COM> JDO103@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Someone) writes:
>>
>>From: Amos Shapira <amoss%BATATA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
>>
>>The recoil of the gun makes longer bursts
>>inaccurate, as it swings the plane out of alignment.
>>
>   I just was wondering how said long bursts can swing the plane out of
> alignment, when the barrell that fires is in the centerline???
>
>Dave

Now, the way I heard it (also from some Gunston book, I think) was that
firing too long could a) stall the aircraft because of the recoil; and/or
b) flame-out the engines from the gases from the shells.

Chris Perleberg
cperlebe@encad.wichita.ncr.com