Lee Elliott wrote: > I think I've heard of some of the stuff Curt's referring to - the next > gen US fighters are planned to be thrust vectoring only. Taking the > control surface stuff out of the wing removes channeling, making it > more simple but also stronger and more resiliant to damage - you don't > have to worry about the control surfaces getting damaged.
I suspect there's a stealth motivation too. Big, flat, flapping control surfaces act like signalling mirrors to a radar station. :) Andy _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
