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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
... In a previous article, "Jay Beckman" said: The Shuttle Landing Trainer is a clip-winged Gulfstream that is flown at or slightly above gross weight and it glides like a brick. I was under the impression that the SLT flies with thrust reversers on. You are correct. I double checked and they do use the reversers in flight to give the proper descent profile. Jay B |
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"Roy Smith" wrote in message =
... "Jay Beckman" wrote: The Shuttle Landing Trainer is a clip-winged Gulfstream that is flown = at or=20 slightly above gross weight and it glides like a brick. =20 I read an article about that once. If memory serves, it's got more = mods=20 than just cliped wings. The use reverse thrust on the engines in = flight to=20 get the (lack of) glide characteristics they need. I don't think the G-II wings were clipped, but there is a pair of = ventral fins added under the fuselage to make lateral stability more like the = shuttle's. They use up to 90% thrust in reverse, and fly about a 20=BA glide slope, with a 14000 fpm rate of descent. There's a photograph of the Shuttle Training Aircraft in this good = article: http://www.aviationnow.com/content/ncof/lo_nfm05.htm During the orbit prior to the shuttle's re-entry burn, one of the other astronauts runs approach after approach, starting from somewhere around FL300, getting all the speed-brake settings just right for the existing wind = profile, so the shuttle pilot won't have to guess at much. While the shuttle is undergoing re-entry, the G-II pilot will make at least one more "proof" run to verify that all the settings are still = satisfactory. There would still be time to send up any needed final tweaks. |
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