On Wed, 28 May 2003 20:49:49 -0700, "Ken Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wings don't work the way you describe. A 2g pull up is not available at >rotation V. Gah - yes, I was updating different parts of my mental model at different times. Duh. You'd have to wait until you -could- pull 2 g at rotation, and there are good reasons not to wait that long, including the blown tire you mention. > BTW, the F-22 is described as having "35,000 lb thrust class engines" (2 >of 'em), and in the X-Plane simulation I referenced one can indeed climb >straight up from takeoff even at the 64,000 lb gross weight...It's a rather hot >airplane. :-) No kidding! > Given some dimensions and realistic weights and tankage and engine >numbers, (and a little free time), I'd be happy to build an X-Plane vehicle >of the Xerus or whatever HTHL design you like to simulate with. Better yet, >you guys make the model and we'll see how it flies in the simulator. Nice try. :-) There's actually a lot here I can't respond to, hence the large snips... >I like the idea of using >rocket-powered Vertical landing as the precision soft-landing endgame of a >parachute landing. Me too. You have to cut away after landing, but it gives you a nice survivable engine out landing. -R -- "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." -- Robert Wilensky, UC Berkeley _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
