The AV-8B short-takeoff vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft requires personnel to remain 50 feet away during vertical operations due to impinging gas effects. In future STOVL aircraft vertical thrust will be greater, with a potentially larger danger area. This memorandum examines the factors that determine the size of the danger area and models the amount of area future STOVL aircraft will need. Aircraft exhaust, Aircraft landings, AV-8B aircraft, Aviation safety, Carrier landings, Dynamic pressure, Flight decks, Jet engine exhaust, Mathematical models, Short takeoff aircraft, Takeoff, Thrust, Velocity, Vertical landings, Vertical takeoff aircraft.


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