Re: FT in a Fluid

Peter Mancini wrote in a formatted post::

>>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 fire in the entire (F) arc.
>
>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.

Sure. But today's 4th-generation aircraft improve this ability by a few
orders of magnitude or so...

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
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