My understanding is that they will be doing a lot of thrust vectoring ... lots of research is/has been done in that area.
Curt.
No. This paper describes tests on a B-747, C-17, and MD-11 using propulsion only:
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/DTRS/1999/PDF/H-2331.pdf
Differential thrust (per side) induces a sideslip -> induces roll.
Changes in thrust (thrust line offset from CG in Z) induces pitch changes as well as accel/decel.
Etc.
Again, this is something that the JSBSim FCS components could handle - you need building blocks.
I thought some were discussing this in the context of fighters of the future. Just ignore me. :-)
Curt. -- Curtis Olson Intelligent Vehicles Lab FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org
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