On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:49:51 -0700 (PDT), robinleblond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Hello, how a jet can do hovering… I mean, as the thrust is at the rear
>of the plane, how the elevator and the rudder can be affect by any
>wind? (as the plane is not moving). On a regular airplane, the thrust
>is in front of the airplane, so there is always an air flow on rudder
>and the elevator…
>And also, if there is a delay on the turbine speed (throttle), how the
>…they manage to get it stable ? It’s already hard to do it with a very
>reactive and nervous engine, I can’t imagine how hard it should be
>with an engine with a delay which is sometime longer then a couple of
>seconds…
Harrier jets use thrust vectoring and hover all the
time (horizontally, not vertically).
If you had enough nozzles, I imagine you could
get a jet to hover vertically.
All it would take is time and money. Lots and
lots of money!
Marty
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