| From: | Dark Thought Publications <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | RE: Minotaur's Questions. |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jan 93 22:24:17 CET |
]Replies to the Horned One (that's you Minotaur):
]>> Has Anyone Designed Any Drones that are Vector Thrust Vehicles?
] Gee Vector Thurst Vehicle work by pointing really strong jet engines
downward.
]Do you really think it possible to put a big enough engine and enough fuel for
]effective use into something small enough to really call it a drone?
I know of at least ONE drone in the RBB that is vectored thrust. Your
definition of vectored thrust is a bit too simplistic. Vectored thrust means
only that you can direct the output of your engines directionally. There are
several prop-driven craft that are vectored thrust as well. RTFB.
Hovercraft use a version of this vectored thrust idea, but you cannot move the
engines from a vertically-thrusting position, and you cannot possibly tell me
that they are jet-propelled.
Dr. Nuts-N-Boltz
