On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Russell McMahon wrote: > > > Assuming you're including the vectored thrust stuff as part of > > > "engine", then that's quite a significant part of the control of the > > > flight envelope! > > > > It all kind of gets a bit silly though, as you could argue that all > > > aircraft are an Italian design if you want to go back far enough ;) > > > Yes let's do that. > > > Anything can be viewed as silly if you don't like it's face enough. > > While one version is "conventional", to consider the "vectored thrust > stuff" ... You missed the point of my reply!!!! Check the signature :-) Regards Sergio Masci -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist