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Wayne.B
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Thrust vectoring
On 25 Mar 2004 19:07:46 GMT,
(JAXAshby) wrote:
It is a fact of physics that
you can NOT control using rudder by *pulling* water over it. you MUST push.
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Absolutely not true.
If there is water moving past the rudder, regardless of direction or
cause, it can be used to create a directed thrust simply by angling
the rudder away from the flow direction.
The confusion arises because the prop in forward pushes a large flow
across the rudder, whereas the prop in reverse pulls only a relatively
small amount of water across the rudder. Small, but not zero.
You don't need a degree in physics to understand this, just a little
common sense. Richard Feynman would no doubt find the discussion
amusing however.
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