What Is Thrust Vectoring & Why Do 5th-Generation Fighter Jets Use It?

Thrust-vectoring makes impossible maneuvers possible. The huge, powerful jets can perform extremely tight turns that ...
Flightglobal

Sanswire-Tao flight tests vector thrust unmanned airship

A segmented unmanned airship design that uses a single swivelling engine technology enabling vectoring thrust has completed a series of flight tests. The non-rigid segmented lighter-than-air unmanned ...
SpaceNews

Vector tests prototype small launch vehicle

The Vector-R P-19H engineering model during an aborted launch in April. The rocket flew what the company said was a successful, but low altitude, test flight May 3. Credit: Vector Updated May 5.
Hackaday

Thrust vectoring

There’s a good chance you already saw SpaceX’s towering Starship prototype make its impressive twelve kilometer test flight. While the attempt ended with a spectacular fireball, it was still a ...
JSTOR Daily

Research on control effectiveness of fluidic thrust vectoring

In view of the control effects of fluidic thrust vector technology for low-speed aircraft at high altitude/low density and low altitude/high density are studied. The S-A model of FLUENT software is ...
The National Interest

China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Might Have a ‘Secret Weapon’

Few pilots have had an opportunity to fly China’s new J-20 “Mighty Dragon” aircraft, but one of the first test pilots to operate the fifth-generation aircraft said it could be upgraded with a 2D ...
SpaceNews

Vector performs second test flight of smallsat launch vehicle

The second Vector-R rocket lifts off on a low-altitude test flight from a site in Camden County, Georgia, Aug. 3. Credit: Vector WASHINGTON — Vector, a company developing the Vector-R small launch ...
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The Awesome F-22: Thrust Vectoring, Falling Leaf Maneuver, J-Turns, and Tail Slides

I got to see the F-22 Raptor show off its insane thrust vectoring capabilities—and it was nothing short of jaw-dropping. From the falling leaf maneuver to J-turns and tail slides, this aircraft defies ...
KTLA

Aerofex Launches Thrust Vectoring Evaluation Kit for Researchers, Universities, and OEMs

Innovative Flight-Ready Kit Enables Single-Axis Vectoring of Aircraft Propellers to Advance Aerial Vehicle Research and Development REDONDO BEACH, CA, UNITED STATES ...
Ars Technica

Vector has completed the first successful flight test of its new micro rocket

Vector Space Systems successfully launched a full-scale model of its Vector-R rocket on Wednesday in Mojave, California. The test flight, which remained under 50,000 feet for regulatory purposes, ...
TechSpot

VR startup Thrust Vector is developing an in-cockpit training system

In context: As the VR industry continues to blossom, developers and entrepreneurs are finding new and creative ways to apply the technology. One startup in Texas is looking to use VR in the cockpit of ...