AFAIK they are legal under VE2, but there are problems in RL. http://www.vstol.org/GermanVSTOLFighters.pdf
p.21: Use of afterburning during vertical takeoffs and landings found to have adverse effects: Extensive runway damage Very high temperature exhaust gases reflected onto aircraft skin and tires Short takeoff run technique developed to minimize adverse effects of afterburner usage http://www.tomtom-net.de/resources/vj101/vj101.htm The major difference between the two experimental aircraft were the engines on the wing ends of the X2. The RB 145 Rs were equipped with afterburners. They improved the aircrafts flight performance and take-off weight but increased the problems with recirculation of hot gases and ground erosion during vertical take-off and landing. The X2 was later damaged in a hard landing when the landing gear broke.To reduce the danger of engine stalls initiated by hot gas recirculation and to avoid the heavy ground erosion when using the afterburners a new take-off procedure, so called RVTO - Rolling Vertical Take-Off - was developed and successfully tested. With the engines turned 70 degrees the aircraft lifted off after 3 m rolling and reached 15 m altitude after 40 m. In the same way landings with afterburner needed only 50 m of runway. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
