
Some of you might find this a silly question, but I'd really like to know why something like has never officially been in a fighter jet design.
It has to do with thrust vectoring; Why couldn't there be some way to port some thrust to various points on the aircraft to provide better maneuverability, as well as using the tail nozzle? Something in addition to the control surfaces.
I mean, if you really wanted to keep a stealthy design, and make it competitive enough dogfighting, wouldn't having the ability to maneuver better if needed be helpful?
It seems to me that you could make a fighter, with no rudder, in kind of a diamond shape, and make tighter sliding turns...with less stress on the frame.
It would all have to be heavily computer controlled, of course.
Eventually we'll reach the point of designing the most maneuverable plane a human can survive...without finding some way to dampen inertia, and then we'll have nothing but electronics, and weapons to improve.
It's sad we humans still have to make machines of war.
Anyway, I'm a noob at this. I just happened to see a show on the history channel a couple of months ago, and just now thought about again.
It has to do with thrust vectoring; Why couldn't there be some way to port some thrust to various points on the aircraft to provide better maneuverability, as well as using the tail nozzle? Something in addition to the control surfaces.
I mean, if you really wanted to keep a stealthy design, and make it competitive enough dogfighting, wouldn't having the ability to maneuver better if needed be helpful?
It seems to me that you could make a fighter, with no rudder, in kind of a diamond shape, and make tighter sliding turns...with less stress on the frame.
It would all have to be heavily computer controlled, of course.
Eventually we'll reach the point of designing the most maneuverable plane a human can survive...without finding some way to dampen inertia, and then we'll have nothing but electronics, and weapons to improve.
It's sad we humans still have to make machines of war.
Anyway, I'm a noob at this. I just happened to see a show on the history channel a couple of months ago, and just now thought about again.