Adrian Tymes wrote:
> I was going over the recent debate of "VTVL wants to be short and
> squatty, but in-flight aerodynamics say no", and I'm trying to remember
> why the solution that immediately occurs to me - vary the geometry based
> on what phase of the flight you're in - isn't the best of ideas (seeing
> if maybe I can find solutions to those problems).
Changing the geometry of the vehicle? In flight? (shakes head)
Why? I can see no reasonable advantage and enormous failure-mode
impacts to flight operations by changing the size, length, shape or
volume of things like propellant tanks while in flight.
Michael
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