Pierce Nichols wrote: > I think it's only a problem for arrangements with small numbers of > engines. If you have more engines, you should be able to be clever about > it. I don't know what the magic number is, but I have hunches. One thing > that came out of my reasoning that is interesting is that the problem > goes away if the engines are on the same plane as the Cg.
Well, it _almost_ goes away for engines in the CG plane... I think there would still be a slight lateral force, but not the yaw/pitch torque that would occur with base-mounted engines. (A ring of 8 engines, with 2 oppositely-canted units at each "corner", would allow roll control to be much more independent of yaw-pitch operations.) -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
