Fall maneuvers

The autumn maneuver in a schematic representation

The autumn maneuver is a demanding aerial combat maneuver that enables combat aircraft to change direction quickly around the yaw axis . This leads to a stall . One of the prerequisites for the maneuver is a thrust vector control .

The maneuver was first flown on April 29, 1993 with the Rockwell-MBB X-31 experimental aircraft. Various modern fighter planes with thrust vector control master the maneuver, including the F-22 Raptor . The maneuver was named in honor of Wolfgang Herbst , a German pilot and aircraft designer at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm , who died on a private test flight while the X-31 was being developed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator , globalsecurity.org (English)
2. ↑ PA_FOC: ARMOR: Fall into the unknown. In: Focus Online . August 16, 1993. Retrieved October 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ F22 ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2014 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , f22-raptor.com (PDF, 1.2MB) (English)  
4. ↑ Douglas A. Joyce: Flying beyond stall NASA Aeronautic Book Series, 2014 (pages ix, xvi)