Herbst maneuver

 ( Aerial Maneuvers ) 

The Herbst maneuver (also known as a J-turn"Turn and Burn." Fulghum, D. A.; Fabey, M. J. Aviation Week & Space Technology. January 8, 2007." X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator." Pike, J. GlobalSecurity.org.) is an air combat maneuver that uses post-stall technology such as thrust vectoring and advanced flight controls to achieve high angles of attack. The Herbst maneuver allows an aircraft to quickly reverse direction using a combination of high angle-of-attack and flight dynamics. Though categorized with Pugachev's Cobra, which is popular at , the Herbst maneuver is considered more useful in combat.

The Herbst maneuver was named after Wolfgang Herbst, an employee of Messerschmitt (MBB). Herbst was the initiator of the Rockwell SNAKE, which formed the basis for the Rockwell-MBB X-31 project," Partners in Freedom: Rockwell-MBB X-31 ." Langevin, G. S.; Overbey, P. NASA Langley Research Center. October 17, 2003. and one of the original developers of post-stall technology. The Herbst maneuver was first performed by an X-31 on April 29, 1993." X-31 at High Angle of Attack." NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. March 1, 1994

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• " X-31 in flight, Herbst maneuver." (NASA video)
• " X-31 Demonstrating High Angle of Attack – Herbst Maneuver." (NASA photo)
• USAF & NATO Report RTO-TR-015 AC/323/(HFM-015)/TP-1 (2001)