We have never understood how T2 was supposed to fly. Even the designers admitted that the wings are on backwards, because it looks cooler.
Usually, when T2 comes into land, it flies horizontally until it finds the right spot, and it hovers, however briefly. So, what is it that keeps the craft in the air? Anti-gravity?
It then fires its engines downwards and this causes it to descend. So, how does that work? They are the same engines it uses to take off, and they move it upwards at that point.
Anyway, T2 goes down until it is nearly on the ground and the engines cut off. This causes it so slow down and come to a very soft landing.
Isn’t this all just backwards?
How does not firing an engine make something drop more slowly?
When Thunderbird 2 returns to base on Tracy Island, it hovers above its taxi way, fires its downward engines and this allows it to rotate. Huh?
And they fire the exact same engines to take off…
When T2 backs into its bay on the island, what is powering it? Why does the steam go backwards when Virgil does this?
T1 is also pretty bad at this…