Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!knutson From: knutson@ut-ngp.UUCP (Jim Knutson) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: X-29 Message-ID: <974@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 15:59:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.974 Posted: Mon Sep 24 15:59:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 05:37:28 EDT References: <2794@allegra.UUCP> Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 9 Destabilizing an aircraft for improved performance is the latest leap in aircraft technology. Of course, the triple redundant control system is needed since a failure of a systems would make the aircraft impossible to control. NASA has also been doing similar research with canards. Using computer control, the canards can be used for side slipping followed by air brakes to ellude pursuing air craft and for flat turns allowing you to sight on a very fat banked target.