Re: FT in a Fluid
From: "Peter Mancini" <peter_mancini@m...>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:42:55 -0500
Subject: Re: FT in a Fluid
Actually all aircraft have had this ability -- it's called rudder
control and was absoltely necessary in WWII. The degree at which they
could do this was limited by shape, air stream, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Oerjan Ohlson
Yes, today's 4th-generation fighters can point their noses in
directions other than the one they are flying, but only for very short
periods; you get the same effect by allowing "fixed-forward" weapons to
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