Synopses & Reviews
This book is designed to fill a professional vacuum in the new field of advance, high-angle, vectored stealth aircraft. The subject matter presented in the volume has never before been investigated and presented as a unified field of study because it covers entirely new fields and because specialized fragments of this unified field are scattered throughout literature in specific problems. The book is of interest to aeronautical and mechanical engineers, electrical and control engineers, aerospace industry, USAF, US Navy, NASA, pilots and instructors.
Table of Contents
Contents: Forword.- Preface.- Acknowldgements.- Glossary and Notation.- Introduction.- Fundamental Concepts Revisited and Redefined.- Vectored Aircraft and Supermaneuverability.- The Matrix of Unknown Variables of Vectored Aircraft.- Vectored Aircraft as R&D Tools, or as Super Agile Robotic Flying Systems.- Partially Vectored Aircraft.- The Pros and Cons of Internal Thrust Vectoring.- Appendix A: A Brief Historical Survey.- Appendix B: Pow- erplant Technology Limits.- Appendix C: Nozzle Performance (Data Base 1).- Appendix DNozzle Synergetic Effects (Data Base 2).- Appendix E: Temperature Distribution Test Facility.- Appendix F: Limiting Engine-Inlet Envelopes and IFPC.- Appendix G: On Some Other Vectored/Stealth Aircraft Considerations.- Appendix H: Thought-Provoking and Thought-Depressing Quotations.