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