I was watching a movie recently (the title is slipping my mind) and there was a scene with a business jet that was climbing vertically. I made the comment that it was impossible for a consumer level jet to perform such a task due to their low thrust to weight ratio, and the lack of rigidity of their airframe. I'm fairly confident that a business jet can't produce enough power to overcome its own lift and the force of gravity, and even if it could, its airframe would suffer catastrophic failure. I then furthered my argument by stating that some jets are able to CLIMB vertically, but to my knowledge there is only one jet that can ACCELERATE vertically: the F-16, due to its thrust-to-weight ratio greater than the value 1. Am I correct in every aspect of my knowledge? Can business jets CLIMB vertically? Can business jets ACCELERATE vertically? Are there other jets besides the F-16 that can ACCELERATE straight vertically? Easy 5 stars.... Thanks for the help!!!
2007-12-24
23:32:16
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mike
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