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My understanding is that vertical liftoff is mostly for show. Operationally it tends to be more STOL, the V is only there for when the mission parameters demand
by pacaro 10y ago
My understanding is that vertical liftoff is mostly for show. Operationally it tends to be more STOL, the V is only there for when the mission parameters demand it, at the expense of the heinous fuel cost of (particularly) take off
- astrodust 10y agoIt's more like it can't lift off vertically with a full load of weapons and fuel, so you need to skimp on one of those two things to do the straight vertical takeoff. The Harrier works on the same principle.