X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:17:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2652087 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:54:52 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.252.48; envelope-from=tom.gourley@verizon.net Received: from jacky0da39824a ([71.111.163.170]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JUV009OVPU1F4B1@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:54:04 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:53:53 -0800 From: "Tom Gourley" Subject: [LML] Pretty amazing Su-30 video X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Reply-to: "Tom Gourley" X-Original-Message-id: <002f01c85a68$0e572570$640610ac@jacky0da39824a> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002C_01C85A24.FF942300" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C85A24.FF942300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know this doesn't have anything to do with Lancairs but the manuevers = demonstrated by this Su-30 Flanker-C are pretty amazing. Apparently a = lot of this manueverability is due to longitudinal instability, canards, = and thrust vectoring. Watch the wingtip smoke as the Su-30 manuevers. = At the end note that the curved final approach is flown with the speed = brake deployed, and a heck of a lot of tailplane action. http://www.metacafe.com/w/261904/ Tom Gourley ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C85A24.FF942300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I know this doesn't have anything to do = with=20 Lancairs but the manuevers demonstrated by this Su-30 Flanker-C are = pretty=20 amazing. Apparently a lot of this manueverability is due to = longitudinal=20 instability, canards, and thrust vectoring. Watch the wingtip = smoke as the=20 Su-30 manuevers. At the end note that the curved final = approach is=20 flown with the speed brake deployed, and a heck of a lot of tailplane=20 action.

Tom=20 Gourley

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