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| Marc Adler 2006-10-09, 7:44 pm |
| On Oct 9, 3:52 pm, "Canuck"
<RichardCha...@secretgovernmentconspiracy.com> wrote:
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> Nah that's a UFO.
This is probably a stupid question, but, um, how do you control the yaw
without a rudder?
And how can an "astro-inertial" navigation system use the stars to
determine position? Direction, I can understand, but aren't the stars
too far away to triangulate a position?
Marc
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| Marc Adler 2006-10-09, 7:44 pm |
| On Oct 9, 4:39 pm, "Marc Adler" <marc.ad...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is probably a stupid question, but, um, how do you control the yaw
> without a rudder?
Never mind. (I skipped the paragraph in question scrolling down the
first time.)
"With no tail the stealth bomber relies on the control surfaces along
the rear of the wing to minimize side-to-side yawing motion; you can
see one of those control surfaces deployed here. During a mission
these control surfaces would make the aircraft more visible to radar,
so it's thought that yaw is then eliminated by the onboard computer
systems applying differing thrusts from the engines on either side."
Marc
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