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there's a documentary I forget where that shows a russia jet closing their front of intakes and opening the top of them at take off, preventing debris on the ru
by blarg1 8y ago
there's a documentary I forget where that shows a russia jet closing their front of intakes and opening the top of them at take off, preventing debris on the runway from being sucked in.
- dingaling 8y agoThat was on the early versions of the MiG-29. The latest 29M and K models eliminated the intake plates and over-wing louvres in favour of simpler swing-down intake grilles. That saved a lot of weight and drag and gave extra volume for fuel.