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 23:30:39 · 7 answers · asked by mike 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I'm sorry, but you have seriously misunderstood the question. I am not referring to vertical thrust vectoring such as the harrier. I am talking about a jet accelerating with its native thrust axis perpendicular to the surface of the earth (i.e. the direction that gravity is acting on it)
2007-12-24 23:42:30 · update #1
My understanding is that the F-15 is the only aircraft that is capable of accelerating vertically. The F-16 is a single engine (albeit light weight) aircraft and I believe cannot do that.
ADDED: Most small jet aircraft - including business jets - are perfectly capable of performing brief maneuvers that allow vertical climb, but not acceleration. Transports, tankers, and old bombers (e.g. B52s) I would not recommend performing such maneuvers unless I had to. You might not be able to recover without bending a wing or a tail.
ADDED (2) In fact, if you did that in a business jet, you might get the boss upset - or his wife.
ADDED (3) -The YF-22 is a single engine jet that I believe has a higher than 1 thrust to weight ratio at max afterburner.
2007-12-25 05:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by Larry454 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A small organisation jet would not have the flexibility to try this. yet remember, what you spot won't be the real perspective of climb of the airplane. I stay quite near to the airport. in specific cases, I see them doubtless mountaineering at 60 levels nostril up yet relatively, theres greater like at 20. Its a question of perception and trigonometry. additionally, as an component notice, the main f-16s can't climb vertically for long different than while "sparkling" (without weapons loaded)-notice the uncommon f-16s with GE-one hundred ten-one hundred engines has T-to-W ratio of a million.2 to a million so it may pass vertical and improve up. that's the f-15 and now the f-22 besides as su-27, MiG29 and russian extreme overall performance combatants alongside those strains which could be accelerating at ninety levels nostril up. and you're dazzling, an airplane can in basic terms climb vertically if thrust to weight ratio is super than a million.
2016-12-11 12:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harrier Jump Jet
2007-12-24 23:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by Ego 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Business jet is not designed for such an operation
Most military jets can climbe verticaly for a short duration example: When performing a Loop
2007-12-25 05:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was under the impression that the unloaded F-15 can accelerate vertically. I saw a movie once where the narrator was bragging that an F-15 had climbed vertically to a certain altitude faster than an Apollo rocket on its way to the moon.
2007-12-24 23:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by elohimself 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are a couple more air force jets F15,T33,F4 and the B1
2007-12-25 00:53:31 · answer #6 · answered by rosemary 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not a business jet but military aircraft."HARRIER JET".
2007-12-24 23:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by Junel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋