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