They use a row of spinning fins mid-way through their rockets to indirectly steer missiles by creating turbulent vortices which interact with the tail-fins and add an extra oomfph to the steering mechanism. The exact algorithm is classified, for obvious reasons.
This is cool I never heard of this. There are many other exceptions of course. Particularly with “turning things on” (car starting, computer starting, etc)
Seems like every field of engineering is like:
step 1: put the system in a happy state where everything is linear or maybe quadratic if you must
step 2: work out the diameter of the gas tube or whatever
step 3: cover everything in cement to make sure you never ever leave the happy state
if you found an efficiency improvement that uses an exponential then go sit in time out and come back when you can act like an adult
That description is distinctly reminiscent of the rise of containerization in software.
Not quite, helpful video, summary:
They use a row of spinning fins mid-way through their rockets to indirectly steer missiles by creating turbulent vortices which interact with the tail-fins and add an extra oomfph to the steering mechanism. The exact algorithm is classified, for obvious reasons.
This is cool I never heard of this. There are many other exceptions of course. Particularly with “turning things on” (car starting, computer starting, etc)