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Old 6th Mar 2011, 21:12
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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No thrust vectoring. The secondary nozzles did go to 'divergent' setting from 'convergent' for supercruise, but the thrust was always in the same direction (rearwards).

If the thrust had been angled downwards, it would simply have induced a nose-down pitching moment. Most undesireable!
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