And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There is a technical documentary from its experimental era, dont know its address, which is quite good. From what they show about this aircraft it seemed to be a very capable and advanced but pragmatic design.
How far out of reasonable flight envelope can you get it till the high angle creates stall? Any idea? Its a pretty cool looking bird in any case, looks well laid out. Appears it could be a great ground attack platform say for close in infantry or anti-armor, put a small caliber cannon on it or quad fifties say both sides of the fuselage, big ammo drums.
Must be one heck of a driveshaft running the front fan. Or is it run by a duct to spin it really fast? Think the ducted power save weight and complexity, no moving parts ='s no parts, best that way, not much to receive battle damage too. Dual purpose the ducts, run down both sides of the cockpit, use armor plate for crew protection.
There is a technical documentary from its experimental era, dont know its address, which is quite good. From what they show about this aircraft it seemed to be a very capable and advanced but pragmatic design.
ReplyDeleteThat intake on the top of the fuselage and T-tail causes problems at high angles of attack. Landings would be a straight in.
ReplyDeleteHow far out of reasonable flight envelope can you get it till the high angle creates stall? Any idea? Its a pretty cool looking bird in any case, looks well laid out. Appears it could be a great ground attack platform say for close in infantry or anti-armor, put a small caliber cannon on it or quad fifties say both sides of the fuselage, big ammo drums.
DeleteMust be one heck of a driveshaft running the front fan. Or is it run by a duct to spin it really fast? Think the ducted power save weight and complexity, no moving parts ='s no parts, best that way, not much to receive battle damage too. Dual purpose the ducts, run down both sides of the cockpit, use armor plate for crew protection.
ReplyDeleteAnd then Hawker did it right three years later, and called it the Harrier.
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