On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 23:31:33 +0100, ess (phil
hunt) wrote:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:17:55 +0100, Ian Craig wrote:
Thats the same as the Harrier ziff (sp?) manoeuvre?

You mean VIFF ("Vectoring in forward flight").

BTW, can resepct usenet convention and post new comments below
what you're replying to, please?


VIFFing is possible (though from what I hear it isn't used much) in
the Harrier because the four posts stradle the center of graviity. If
the X-35 were fitted with a vectoring nozzle it would be used more
like an elevator.