No ramjet on a fighter jet? Or was it to low and slow to even make a difference?
-----Original Message----- From: Justin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:13 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: F-18 from Miramar just went down in my neighborhood Scott Raley -ITC wrote: > Without engines the plane still glides for a short period and can be steered > unless the tail rudder was gone and electronics were shot. I watch too many > war movies since I work for the navy. I know that is true of most aircraft, but is that also true of fighter jets? My understanding was that they used different aerodynamic principles than "normal" aircraft to stay aloft? Please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm certainly no expert in that area. -Justin Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282419 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
