Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the...
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engine. Rotary wing aircraft use rotors and thrust vectoring V/STOL aircraft use propellers or engine thrust to support the weight of the aircraft and to...
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Gimbaled thrust is the system of thrust vectoring used in most rockets, including the Space Shuttle, the Saturn V lunar rockets, and the Falcon 9. In a...
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Fourth-generation fighter (section Thrust vectoring)
Sukhoi Su-27, the first aircraft to publicly display thrust vectoring in pitch. Combined with a thrust-to-weight ratio above unity, this enabled it to maintain...
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Supermaneuverability (section Thrust vectoring)
increasingly used in recent years to advance maneuverability via the use of thrust vectoring engine nozzles. Russian emphasis on close-range slow-speed supermaneuverability...
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Shenyang WS-10 (section Thrust vectoring)
improved thrust of 142 kilonewtons (32,000 lbf). WS-10G – thrust vectoring variant generating 152–155 kilonewtons (34,000–35,000 lbf) of thrust during testing;...
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Sukhoi Su-37 (category Three dimension thrust vectoring aircraft)
the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association before having thrust-vectoring nozzles installed. It also had updated flight- and weapons-control...
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Saturn AL-31 (section Thrust vectoring)
The vectoring nozzle is used primarily in the pitch plane, but unlike the AL-37FU, the canting of the vectoring axes allow differential vectoring to produce...
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Sukhoi Su-47 (section Thrust vectoring)
turbofan engines, 93.1 kN (20,900 lbf) thrust each engines with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional thrust-vectoring nozzles planned for testing. dry, 153 kN...
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Powered lift (section Vectored thrust)
convertiplane. Others like the British Harrier jump jet use thrust vectoring or other direct thrust techniques. The first powered-lift ratings on a civilian...
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Chengdu J-10 (category Thrust vectoring for higher maneuverability)
Aerospace Exhibition; the engine nozzle was modified for stealth and thrust vectoring (TVC). In March 2020, a video from Chinese state media showed a J-10C...
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For the XF9-1, the XVN3-1 three-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzle is available, which can deflect thrust up to 20 degrees in all circumference directions...
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The serial production aircraft does not have thrust vectoring as previously planned, but thrust vectoring nozzles can be installed if the customer requests...
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to Mach 1.8. The F119's nozzles incorporate thrust vectoring that enable them to direct the engine thrust ±20° in the pitch axis to give the F-22 enhanced...
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production model, the revised airframe variant with new engines and thrust-vectoring control, and the aircraft-teaming capable twin-seat variant. Descending...
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were produced and used for tests and demonstrations; one example had thrust-vectoring engines and was in turn redesignated the Su-37. A sole Su-35UB two-seat...
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Rocket engine (section Thrust vectoring)
Laval nozzle, lightweight propellant tanks, small light turbopumps, thrust vectoring, the smoothly-throttled liquid fuel engine, regenerative cooling, and...
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produce both roll and yaw by vectoring each engine nozzle differently; this allows the aircraft to create thrust vectoring moments about all three rotational...
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afterburning thrust for speeds up to Mach 2 in level flight and 1,350 km/h speed at low altitude for non-canard variants. Canted thrust vectoring is used in...
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first use of thrust-vectoring in flight was accomplished on 30 July. Thrust-vectoring was enabled through the use of the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle...
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Sukhoi Su-57 (category Three dimension thrust vectoring aircraft)
system being the key difference. The aircraft employs thrust vector control (TVC) where the vectoring nozzles' rotational axes are each canted at an angle...
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VTOL (section Vectored thrust)
include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-wing aircraft and other hybrid aircraft with powered rotors such...
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Shenyang J-50 (category Two dimension thrust vectoring aircraft)
configuration, swivelable wingtips, and twin-engine with apparent thrust vectoring nozzles, while debunking a hypothesis suggesting the aircraft has folding...
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propellers to reverse thrust mode, causing them to lose control of the aircraft. Index of aviation articles Afterburner Thrust vectoring Vertical take-off...
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Cyclorotor (section Thrust vectoring)
change, thrust vectoring in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation is rapid and efficient. Cyclorotors can produce lift and thrust at high advance...
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non-catapult-assisted fixed-wing short takeoffs are accomplished with the use of thrust vectoring, which may also be used in conjunction with a runway "ski-jump". There...
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The engine for the YF-22 featured a two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzle that could vector in the pitch direction. This capability gave the aircraft...
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Pugachev's Cobra. The integral aerodynamic configuration combined with thrust vectoring results in extremely capable manoeuvrability, taking off and landing...
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Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force. Both aircraft have common airframe, thrust vectoring engines and a digital fly-by-wire system, however the MKM version differs...
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McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD (category Two dimension thrust vectoring aircraft)
the F-15 STOL/MTD carried out research for studying the effects of thrust vectoring and enhanced maneuverability. The aircraft used for the project was...
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