Thread: UK2 XD322 Supermarine Scimitar 1965-12 HMSArkRoyal.jpg
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Old April 28th 15, 09:17 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default UK2 XD322 Supermarine Scimitar 1965-12 HMSArkRoyal.jpg
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:31:27 GMT, y wrote:

The sit down, nose up take off was because the elevators did not have enough
authority to quickly rotate the nose to maximum lift angle of attack. That
means without the nose up to start, it would hit the water before a correct
climb attitude could be achieved. The F4 needed a boast nose strut to do
the same thing.

Did they figure that out the hard way with the Scimitar?