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Let's say you're standing on a ship that's moving at, theoretically, 1000 km/h. If you jump while on the deck of the ship, does the ship move further forward while you're suspended in mid-air?

If not, then why?

Is it the minimum speed required for take-off?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_STOL/MTD

(demonstrated vectored takeoffs with rotation at speeds as low as 42 mph (68 km/h)

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4309/f18mfd.jpg

RPM - is that revolutions per minute or does it mean something else in this case? If it is indeed revolutions per minute, what revolution is it measuring? An engine's or something else?

TEMP - I assume this is the temperature for both engines. Left value indicating left engine and right value for right.

FF?

OIL?

Also is NOZ for the percentage that the engine nozzles are open?

I can't figure out what the top half means.

Thank you

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/unknownsw...

Or is that not always the case?

Can there be a VTOL aircraft that does not have STOL capabilities?

http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=375913

http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=367758

Is the fighter in these pictures a MiG-23?

1. http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8703/img1694.pn...

Possibly MiG-27?

2. http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3140/img1717e.png

Thanks.

Heat-seeking missiles don't track heat. Instead they track the infrared electromagnetic radiation usually radiated by hot temperatures.

So hypothetically if a plane emitted infrared radiation from it's exhaust nozzles without releasing heat, would the missiles still track it as efficiently (given it was radiating the same amount of infrared)?

1. When was this technology first implemented in a production airplane?

2. What are its advantages?

3. Is there any reason not to implement them?

1. Are they always used for take-offs and landings or does it depend on the weather conditions/wind?

2. Why are there sometimes several different angles that you can adjust the flaps to like 1 degree, 5 degrees, 15 degrees, 20 degrees, 40 degrees, etc. on a single plane? Is this to acclimate to the weather conditions/wind and speed of the airplane?

3. What's the 1 degree angle used for? I "think" it extends the leading edge flaps only. When would this ever be used?

4. What's the difference between leading-edge flaps and slats? Are the small panels that are closer to the fuselage usually called the leading-edge flaps?

5. Does a certain angle provide more lift than it does drag (thus used for take-off) and a wider angle than that provides more drag than it does lift (thus used for landings)? Is this why different flap settings are used for take-offs and landings?

Thank you

I was reading up on Dwarf Planets on Wikipedia and this sentence turned up:

"This classification states that bodies large enough to have cleared the neighbourhood of their orbit are defined as planets, while those that are not massive enough to be rounded by their own gravity are defined as small Solar System bodies."

From what I understand the Magneto is a more reliable battery that provides voltage or "tension" for the spark plugs of a piston engine?

But why are there 2? (in my example I was flying a single-prop Piper not sure of its exact name) Shouldn't 1 be enough? (there was Left Magneto and Right Magneto)

Also, when would one use the "Fuel Pump Switch"? Does this pump fuel from the tanks to the engine or am I gravely mistaken? If so, would this be turned off in emergency situations or does it have daily uses?

Do they activate automatically when the thrust lever is at a certain point or is there a button press that executes the process?

What is it exactly and what is it used for?

As shown in this video at around 12:50 or on other parts of the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FfERSgAaI

So center stick for pitch and roll among other things, but what about the side stick?

I was watching a documentary about the P-39 Airacobra and it said one of the disadvantages it had was it didn't have wing guns.

I'm guessing nose guns are easier to aim but they're limited to 1 gun instead of 2 (1 on each wing).

If you had to choose between either, which would it be and why?