Comments on: Unacknowledged Aviation: Super STOL http://www.openminds.tv/unacknowledged-aviation-super-stol/ Presenting Evidence to Open Minds Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.openminds.tv/unacknowledged-aviation-super-stol/comment-page-1/#comment-29248 Rob Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:29:32 +0000 http://www.openminds.tv/?p=2634#comment-29248 Schratt said that this aircraft is 24feet in length and a wingspan of 22feet. Yet it uses the same gun as the A10 Warthog. The gun from the A10 Warthog is 19foot, 10inches. So the gun ran nearly the entire length of the fuselage? The Super-Stol dimensions are 1/3 the size of an a10 warthog, yet is meant to be able to carry the same gun, two turbofans, ammo, fuel, avionics etc. To put this in perspective, the worlds smallest jet aircraft (the bd5) was a wingspan of 15 feet (just seven feet less than this aircraft) But who cares about wingloading when it has magic wings! How was this aircraft meant to hover/rise verticaly with no thrust stabilisers on the front and rear (to control pitch, as no air would be going over the rear horizontal stab). The Harrier has these ducted units. Also, how would this aircraft rise vertivally when it is being pulled forward by the fixed intakes (which are horizontal) and the outputs that have at least some component of horizontal thrust... Please explain? Schratt said that this aircraft is 24feet in length and a wingspan of 22feet. Yet it uses the same gun as the A10 Warthog. The gun from the A10 Warthog is 19foot, 10inches. So the gun ran nearly the entire length of the fuselage?

The Super-Stol dimensions are 1/3 the size of an a10 warthog, yet is meant to be able to carry the same gun, two turbofans, ammo, fuel, avionics etc. To put this in perspective, the worlds smallest jet aircraft (the bd5) was a wingspan of 15 feet (just seven feet less than this aircraft)

But who cares about wingloading when it has magic wings!

How was this aircraft meant to hover/rise verticaly with no thrust stabilisers on the front and rear (to control pitch, as no air would be going over the rear horizontal stab). The Harrier has these ducted units. Also, how would this aircraft rise vertivally when it is being pulled forward by the fixed intakes (which are horizontal) and the outputs that have at least some component of horizontal thrust…

Please explain?

]]> By: Richard Middleton http://www.openminds.tv/unacknowledged-aviation-super-stol/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Richard Middleton Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.openminds.tv/?p=2634#comment-1479 The GAU-8A, like other modern tactical aircraft gun systems, utilizes a closed feed system. By this I mean it doesn't eject spent ammo casings. These are retained in the system to minimize the design challenges of integrating the gun into the aircraft, and to reduce the impact that using the gun would have on the aircraft's center of gravity. The bulge and port on the lower left side were more likely used to house a JFS (Jet Fuel Starter) used to power up aircraft and start its engines. The GAU-8A, like other modern tactical aircraft gun systems, utilizes a closed feed system. By this I mean it doesn’t eject spent ammo casings. These are retained in the system to minimize the design challenges of integrating the gun into the aircraft, and to reduce the impact that using the gun would have on the aircraft’s center of gravity. The bulge and port on the lower left side were more likely used to house a JFS (Jet Fuel Starter) used to power up aircraft and start its engines.

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