Re: TurboKat: an F-14G?

From: Ed Rudnicki <erudnick_at_pica.army.mil>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 96 15:37:09 EDT

>>>On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Edo Andromedo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Although that they have to totaly refit the F-14 to add that VTOL flight
>>>> capablity.
>>>
>>>Hmm. I thought all they did was add two jets pointing down on the sides?
>>
>>Adding two nozzles to an aircraft in a cartoon is a lot easier than
>>adding additional engines and/or jet exhaust paths in a real
>>aircraft. Ask the good folks at the Yakovlev design bureau in Russia
>>some time :)
>
>
>Okay, gang, Courtney's here to visit again! She likes planes, so she wants
>to say some stuff to y'all.
>
>Yes it is true, if a plane has only 2 engine intakes it cannot have 3
>engines-EVER. NO MATTER WHAT.No way no how.

Well, what about the XB-70? It has only one intake, although with
the centerline splitter plate you could call it two, feeding no less
than six engines. Next? :)


>I think the Turbokat is part Tomcat and part Harrier-look it up.
>I LOVE PLANES- 'specially jets!

Yep. Part Tomcat and part Harrier, but also definitely part Yak-141
- look it up :)




Ed

Received on Tue Jul 09 1996 - 16:15:10 PDT