[gurps] VTOL with Afterburners

[pomphisandpristine at t-online.de]

AFAIK they are legal under VE2, but there are problems in RL.

http://www.vstol.org/GermanVSTOLFighters.pdf

p.21: Use of afterburning during vertical
takeoffs and landings found to have
adverse effects:
– Extensive runway damage
– Very high temperature exhaust gases
reflected onto aircraft skin and tires
• Short takeoff run technique
developed to minimize adverse
effects of afterburner usage

http://www.tomtom-net.de/resources/vj101/vj101.htm

The major difference between the two experimental aircraft were the
engines on the wing ends of the X2. The RB 145 Rs were equipped with
afterburners. They improved the aircrafts flight performance and
take-off weight but increased the problems with recirculation of hot
gases and ground erosion during vertical take-off and landing. The X2
was later damaged in a hard landing when the landing gear broke.To
reduce the danger of engine stalls initiated by hot gas recirculation
and to avoid the heavy ground erosion when using the afterburners a new
take-off procedure, so called RVTO - Rolling Vertical Take-Off - was
developed and successfully tested. With the engines turned 70 degrees
the aircraft lifted off after 3 m rolling and reached 15 m altitude
after 40 m. In the same way landings with afterburner needed only 50 m
of runway.