Originally Posted by
Ixixly
Thanks Old Fella, managed to find a couple of vague references to them in some old articles, but not much about what they were really meant to do or how, seems like an idea someone had that was proven to be more hassle than they were worth perhaps? or perhaps just snake oil in the end?
It has been claimed that they "augment" thrust by vectoring the exhaust gasses. A bit dubious I expect.