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