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Could thrust vectoring have saved the day, could eg. a Su-35S recover from a similar situation?
by Sharlin 4y ago
Could thrust vectoring have saved the day, could eg. a Su-35S recover from a similar situation?
- usrusr 4y agoPurely speculation, but I had been wondering about this myself before posting: only if the thrust vectoring included considerable yaw authority. And I'd be surprised if typical designs did, because outside of low-speed engine failure situations (or hypothetical "hover on the tail" maneuvers, spacex style) you just never run out of yaw control. While pitch and roll control fall into the category of "more is always better", yaw control has a sufficiency threshold beyond which adding more has little or no use.