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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ncrlnk!ciss!law7!military
- From: "Dave Hall (Sverdrup" <tohall@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Subject: Re: Back to the future? [ILyushin IL-102]
- Message-ID: <By6JGM.IsI@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
- References: <Bxyuuq.FEA@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:33:58 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From "Dave Hall (Sverdrup" <tohall@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <Bxyuuq.FEA@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, Maurice Blok <mgjblok@cs.vu.nl> writes...
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- >From Maurice Blok <mgjblok@cs.vu.nl>
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- >I just read a piece on CIS' newest tankbuster. Weird looking
- >thing, it look like a Me-262 with a rear-gunner(!).
- >And that what's so weird! A 21st century Tankkiller Jet with
- >a rear-gunner??? Have they developed some kind of
- >to-the-rear firing missile?
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- >Any comments?
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- Most all missiles I know of are stabilized by the flow of air over
- an airfoil, producing lift. This lift is vectored into steering by
- maneuvering the airfoil. A pivoting fin is the general idea. Now, if
- you fire such a thing backwards, it will have to come to a dead stop,
- instantaneously speaking, as it moves back toward its rendezvous with the
- target. No airflow. No control. Not possible. The rear ward firing cannon
- is a different story. Bullets from rifled barrels are SPIN STABILIZED.
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- Just my opinion!
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- DH
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