PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Fan Wing
Thread: Fan Wing
View Single Post
Old 9th October 2009 | 16:10
  #2 (permalink)  
Microburst2002
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,338
Likes: 1
From: Uh... Where was I?
I don't think so, for the same reason it is not affected by turbulence in the same manner as a conventional wing.
Its shape is airplane like but I think it is something between an airplane and a helicopter.
It has a propulsive system that provides both Lift and Thrust. Like helicopters. It is not a fixed wing. Maybe it has some kind of autorotation if the fan fails, but I think that this UAV would glide more or less like a stone after the engine failed. Let alone if the fan stops completely...
It can be useful for Big Brother surveillance over cities, until one of them crashes into someone.
Microburst2002 is offline  
Reply