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Thrust vectoring

Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the vehicle.

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Methods, Aircraft & For VTOL ability

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Methods

Aircraft

Vectoring nozzles

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For VTOL ability

For STOL ability

Airships

Helicopters

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Thrust vectoring

Nodes185
Edges184
Triples81
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010811
Components1

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Thrust vectoring

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related to Aircraft · 33
Thrust vectoring → Afterburning, An, AV-8B Harrier II, Both, Bristol Siddeley BS100, F-35A, F-35B, F-35C, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, If, II, It, Italian Navy, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning, Most, PCB, Plenum Chamber Burning, Pratt, Rolls-Royce Pegasus
related to Other · 14
Thrust vectoring → Booster, Dvora Mk-III, Examples, Hamina, RT-23, S-300P, SA-10, Space Shuttle Solid Rocket, SRB, SS-24, Swingfire, The, UGM-27 Polaris, US Navy's Littoral
related to External links · 11
Thrust vectoring → Application, Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics, Media, Paper, Reduce Vertical Tail SizeSupersonic, STOVL Research AircraftNASA Technical, Subsonic Speeds, Thrust, Vectored-Engine-Over-Wing Configuration, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Tactical missiles and small projectiles · 9
Thrust vectoring → AIM-9X Sidewinder, By, Eryx, For, LR, PARS, Some, This, Thus
related to Rockets and ballistic missiles · 5
Thrust vectoring → Because, It, Nominally, Thrust, TVC
related to List of vectored thrust aircraft · 3
Thrust vectoring → Aircraft, Thrust, VTOL/STOL
is a · 2
Thrust vectoring → primary means of attitude control, Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine used in the Hawker Siddeley Harrier

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thrust vectoring aircraft control exhaust engine used vanes nozzles rocket missiles nozzle jet use aerodynamic missile surfaces also gimbaled vtol

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Thrust vectoringis aprimary means of attitude control0.90text
Thrust vectoringis aRolls-Royce Pegasus engine used in the Hawker Siddeley Harrier0.90text
the Eryxinstance ofanti-tank missiles0.80text
the PARS 3 LR use thrust vectoring for this reason.Some other projectiles that use thrust-vectoringinstance ofanti-tank missiles0.80text
the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosterinstance ofwhile the experimental X-48C may be jet-steered in the future.OtherExamples of rockets and missiles which use thrust vectoring include both large systems0.80text
the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosterinstance ofOtherExamples of rockets and missiles which use thrust vectoring include both large systems0.80text
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftMost0.60section
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftThis0.60section
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftIf0.60section
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftVTOL0.60section
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftAfterburning0.60section
Thrust vectoringrelated to AircraftPlenum Chamber Burning0.60section

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