It’s Monday and it’s another “Just for Kicks” story.  In this case, our story is about the airplane most loved by soldiers at the frontlines and behind enemy lines, the A-10 Warthog. It makes noise soldiers needing air support would find to be the sweetest music to their ears--- BRRRRTTTTTTTT!!! The sound of the GAU-8 seven barrel gun that the A-10 was built around to pop tanks and provide close air support.

Even as the U.S. Air Force plans to retire the A-10 in favor of the F-35, there is strong opposition as the A-10 is proven to be the a very effective plane in supporting troops on the ground. Built like a tank that it was designed to defeat, the A-10 can take a beating and still make it to base even with holes in the wings caused by enemy ground fire. It can be patched up quickly and will be up in the air in no time to support friendly troops.

In airsoft, especially in milsim events, organizers try to provide all the heavy hardware that they can throw to a game to provide their customers the realism they need, from armored vehicles  to tanks to even helicopter gun runs, the more of these elements the better. The only thing is that it is extremely rare to see fixed wing aircraft used for airsoft games.

Perhaps the closest thing that can deployed for milsim is the use of RC planes. There are massive RC planes based on famous aircraft that can look like real planes when they are up in the air, and they even sound like the real one. If this video by ajw61185 on YouTube (shared by Jalopnik) of an RC A-10 Warthog firing Nerf balls at targets, then why not build an airsoft gun that to it to do some close air support with and fire a stream of BBs to the exposed enemy airsoft players on the ground?

Watch the video here and the RC pilot uses FPV to do a better strafing run:

ajw61185 modded an old FreeWing A-10 RC plane to install a Zeus Nerf Blaster. It can blast off 12 Nerf foam balls in half a second when it approaches a target, and it is fired using from the transmitter used to fly the FreeWing A-10.  If an airsoft player who also does RC planes as another hobby, this should be a good idea.

It would  be such a blast to see a big A-10 RC plane firing BBs and it adds another dimension for airsoft milsim events. But check first with local authorities about arming RC planes with a contraption that fires BB guns, as there will safety concerns. Though this won’t be a problem if it used for purposes of airsoft games where players are required to wear safety gear, especially protective eyewear, all the time while in the field.