In the present paper a system study on fluidic thrust vectoring (FTV) is presented. Fluidic thrust vectoring is a system where, by means of secondary fluid injection the outflow angle of the main exhaust is changed. Fluidic thrust vectoring has the potential to generate similar control forces to control surfaces, for a simpler system. This paper quantitatively describes the possible reduction in weight and gains in side force and structural efficiency when fluidic thrust vectoring is installed in a vehicle. Two possible applications of FTV are investigated, a vehicle that only has to fly hypersonically (hypersonic plane) and a vehicle that also has to operate subsonically (hypersonic plane with landing capability). For both applications it is shown that there are advantages in weight, side force and structural efficiency when applying fluidic thrust vectoring.
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