Re: Jet hovering ?

"Bob Cowell" <bobc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:28:10 -0700 (PDT), robinleblond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>>but anyway, the delay problem still remain, he (the pilot) still have
>>to think at least a
>>few seconds in advance and have to really know is airplane...
>
>
> I think there is an axiom among full-scale pilots that you should never 
> get your
> plane to a place where your brain hasn't already been.
>
> I'm SURE that some of the veteran members of the group can give us the 
> precise
> quote.

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Come on guys, all he would need is thrust vectoring vanes and a couple of 
solid-state gyros preprogrammed. He would then maneuver the plane as close

as he could manually and then flip the switch. Voila! (wah-lah)

Ed Cregger