THRUST VECTOR CONTROL EYED FOR TRANSPORTS

Israeli researchers have successfully performed initial flights of a remotely controlled, dynamically similar model of a Boeing 727 transport solely using thrust-vector control (TVC) for in-flight turning maneuvers. The proof-of-concept flights, conducted in May at Megiddo Airfield, east of Haifa...

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