Posted by tchbnk on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Sky-1-tp1500661p1500700.html

Robert Thomas wrote:
> As with the Interceptors, I can't find anything on the models or in
the pictures I have, that would suggest an ability to hover like a
Harrier. However, I suppose anything is possible in a Sci-fi show.

>> In the episode 'Flight Path', we can watch a Sky 1 hoverring above
the scene of the car crush, aboard which Captain Karlin observing the
same accident.

Thanks for your comment, Robert.
I can also find no thruster nozzles underside of a Sky 1's fuselage.
You, however, can find two nozzles on the both sides of its vertical
tail unit each.
What purpose are they for?
The rear edge of the same tail unit is thick and flat just like the
one of the NASA's experimental rocket aircraft X-15.
Therefore, I suppose that a Sky 1 flies like the X-15, the maximum
speed of which is faster than Mach 6 and climbs nearly to the upper
limit of the atmosphere.
For the purpose of three-dimentional maneuver in a near-vacuum, the
Sky 1 needs vertical thrusters, too.
If the Sky 1 has such thrusters, it may be possible for the same
aircraft to hover like a Harrier even just for the limited short
time.
Then where are these thruster nozzles?
My speculation is that the nozzles do exist underside of the Sky 1's
fuselage, and sealed up so tightly that sea water does not sink into
the body when it is combined with a Diver.
Because these seals are very smooth, we cannot find them on the
models.

Of course, I admit this is a strained interpretation, but the Sky 1
did hover, so we need an exposition by any means.

Kaoru