| We know from studying aircraft like the F-8 Crusader, | | | | doing similar things on the Strike Fighter, but those |
| in which my dad had the fortunate to fly while in the | | | | nozzels are faced down for vertical landing and take |
| US Navy stationed in Puerto Rico, that when the wind | | | | off or extremely controlled and fast STOL. If the |
| was tilted upward on the aircraft that it had a lower | | | | wings can hold the increased stress from the bottom |
| takeoff speed and much higher initial rates of climb. At | | | | of the aircraft against reletive wind. Now then you can |
| which point the wing came back to position and it was | | | | try this on a skateboard. Carrry a 4 X 8 sheet of |
| a pencil shaped rocket with wings. Now then let us | | | | plywood and when going down a hill tilt the plywood to |
| take the newest discoveries in wind tunnels about life, | | | | a 45 degree angle and you will leave the ground like a |
| weight, thrust and drag. We know that the reletive | | | | kite. If we have nozzel and directional thrust why not |
| wind pushing on the bottom of the wings forces the | | | | try it at the center of gravity on top of the wing |
| aircraft up.Well then if you have a thruster forced on | | | | forcing the exhaust outward and back wards at the |
| top of the wing at the center of gravity with the | | | | same angle of incidence to a horizontal plane.You |
| exhaust forced outward, pushing on the aircraft while | | | | actually do not even need to test this in a wind tunnel, |
| the aircraft is positioned in a climb. This aircraft will | | | | because we already know this will work. If you look at |
| therefore be put in a situation where the it is forced | | | | the chracteristics of the Concorde where the nose |
| into the relative wind faster and faster and that wind | | | | faces forward and air is forced under the wings you |
| deflected off the bottom of the wing would force the | | | | can see the increased efficient use of the airfoil. The |
| aircraft upward at an incredible rate of climb without | | | | increased leverage from the ram air under the wing is |
| significantly using up any more fuel than a standard | | | | more than the total combined forces of lift from the |
| climb out. The rate of climb will be much faster and the | | | | differences between low and high pressure as the air |
| angle of climb very substantial.I bring this up as we | | | | makes it back to the trailing edge of the wing. Just |
| discuss some of the NASA lifting bodies and other | | | | some thoughts on increasing the flying characteristics |
| designs to fly into orbit or for trans-oceanic flights using | | | | of jet aircraft and directional thrust aircraft to maximize |
| the upper atmosphere or space to reduce the friction | | | | all known characteristics of flight. |
| and increase the speed to hypersonic levels. We are | | | | |