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Subject: Re: yf-23 Engines
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Date: 7 Nov 90 04:03:08 GMT
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From: p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org!Scott.Johnson (Scott Johnson)

 DM>  reduce the infrared signature of that aircraft. The nozzles 
 DM>  did not appear to have any thrust vectoring capabilities, 
 DM>  either. 

        I think that the -22 has 2 dimensional nozzels with limited
thrust-v capability. I'll go back and check.


 DM>  ineffective at high speeds, and pilots don't like to go slow, 
 DM>  just so they can use thrust vectoring. 

        That's not the point of T-V in that application. It is mainly
meant to give a shorter takeoff run/higher gross payload. Today's
airforce hardware are ground HOGS. If war broke out the runways would be
the first target, and almost none of the AF iron can operate without
long runways. Their use in combat would be, as you stated, of small use.