Posted by screwedmorethenonce on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Interceptors-tp1500519p1500586.html

Apprently not. Some people have posted pics of the underside of the interceptor, and there is some kind of exhaust or other port along the centerline of the craft. However, your guess is as good as mine, as to whether this would be sufficent to lift the craft up in a straight line or not. I would think that you would want at least two jets to ensure that you didn't tilt in one or more dimensions.Also, with only one port, how would you control your lateral motion? This would be great for going up and down, but there is no apparent way to vector the thrust to change the direction of your flight, as with the Harrier.By the way, have we gotten to Annal Retentive yet?

David Levine <[hidden email]> wrote:--- In [hidden email], Robert Thomas
wrote:
> Fuel tanks for what though? As can be clearly seen in the opening
credits, the Interceptors blow "Dust" around when they launch, but
you can not see any flames or other methods of movement for the
Interceptors themselves.

By the way, that reminds me... clearly, the interceptors take off
semi-vertically, but now that I think about it, I don't remember
seeing a nozzle somewhere on the "belly" of the interceptors
(required for a vertical take off). Am I correct? Was that an
oversight by the model builders? Or is there perhaps a mechanism
like in the Harrier aircraft to redirect the propulsion flow
downwards??