F117s break cover
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Some video too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtYgAuMmGSI
I always wondered with that thing how the thrust ever actually managed to get it off the ground, those nozzles are so flat, thin and seemingly ineffectual, yet that is what the plane relies on to take off.
it's so alien compared to modern planes or any other jet in reality it just never looks right to me, a long flat basically board of outlets, just seems like it would be very restricted!
it's so alien compared to modern planes or any other jet in reality it just never looks right to me, a long flat basically board of outlets, just seems like it would be very restricted!
LukeBrown66 said:
I always wondered with that thing how the thrust ever actually managed to get it off the ground, those nozzles are so flat, thin and seemingly ineffectual, yet that is what the plane relies on to take off.
it's so alien compared to modern planes or any other jet in reality it just never looks right to me, a long flat basically board of outlets, just seems like it would be very restricted!
The wide thin bits you see aren't the engines "nozzles" as such, those are deeper within the bodywork, those wide thin parts are more of a diffuser used for mixing the exhaust with the air, dropping the pressure and heat/noise.it's so alien compared to modern planes or any other jet in reality it just never looks right to me, a long flat basically board of outlets, just seems like it would be very restricted!
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