If given the chance..
I googled NF104 too. - Slight thread variance, but I loved this quote that came up.
To err is human, to forgive is divine; neither of which is Air Force policy. -Unknown
Trim Stab - you are so right 
In my case, this includes:
Hot Air Baloon (tried a couple of times but weather was OOL).
Glider.
Any super carrier fixed wing with a cat launch and trap.
In my case, this includes:
Hot Air Baloon (tried a couple of times but weather was OOL).
Glider.
Any super carrier fixed wing with a cat launch and trap.
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I'm old enough to have seen a Beverley fly but if you don't mind I'll stick to the slimmer girls who can curl their legs up. 
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Quite a few interesting aircraft mentioned, nice to see the merlin engines are doing well.
Also high or fast flying seems to be popular as well. Highest I've seen was only FL370 on an almost empty DC-8 across the pacific, crew kept asking for FL410 but we were blocked by other traffic. Fastest was across the atlantic with a good tail wind with an average speed 560kts for the whole flight (DC-10-30)
Also high or fast flying seems to be popular as well. Highest I've seen was only FL370 on an almost empty DC-8 across the pacific, crew kept asking for FL410 but we were blocked by other traffic. Fastest was across the atlantic with a good tail wind with an average speed 560kts for the whole flight (DC-10-30)
Originally Posted by Tourist
Why is the rocket on the NF-104 angled upwards?
If you want to mount a rocket pack below the CofG, you'd need to angle it downwards. In NF-104 I would think that mounting it low would just have been yet another big drag penalty.
Just an idea. I'm surprised one of the QFIs or TPs around here didn't come up with that. Unless, of course, I'm completely wrong.
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Tourist,
The flight manual for the NF-104 states 'The rocket engine nacelle is located at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The rocket engine mounting is canted so that the thrustline will pass through the airplane center of gravity at rocket burn out thus minimising pitching moments due to pitch change'.
The flight manual for the NF-104 states 'The rocket engine nacelle is located at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The rocket engine mounting is canted so that the thrustline will pass through the airplane center of gravity at rocket burn out thus minimising pitching moments due to pitch change'.
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Mosquito because she's beautiful.
SR-71 because she's a thinderingly powerful beast.
Sunderland Flying Boat because it's such a mad mixture of ship and aircraft.
SR-71 because she's a thinderingly powerful beast.
Sunderland Flying Boat because it's such a mad mixture of ship and aircraft.