puff pipe

noun

puff pipe

noun

1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A pipe on a VTOL aircraft that expels compressed air in order to stabilize the craft.

Basically, the Bedstead proved that stabilizing a jet-borne aircraft by means of "puff pipes" was practical and that not only was auto-stabilizing possible but that, with training, manual stabilizing could also be achieved.1966, Sung-ming Wang, VTOL vehicles: practice and potential, page 72:

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