Re: FT in a Fluid

Well one order of magnitude would be 40 degrees.  That is impressive.  I
haven't kept up on air craft design since the very late 80's.

--Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: 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
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
>
> "Life is like a sewer.
>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
> - Hen3ry
>
>