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Old 25th April 2002 | 06:47
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Intruder
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I believe the Coanda effect was used in the ill-fated YC-14 and/or YC-15 US military cargo airplane prototypes. At least one of them had the engines mounted atop the wing, and used "upper surface blowing" over the flaps for STOL capability.
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