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It isn’t completely novel as I linked elsewhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Demon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Demon Such UAV protot
by fidotron 3y ago
It isn’t completely novel as I linked elsewhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Demon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Demon
Such UAV prototypes have been flying for over a decade.
- nativeit 3y agoYou’ve linked to an experimental prototype that had a production run of 1. Any more? Still seems pretty novel so far.
- blincoln 3y agoThank you for sharing that. Not only is it an interesting aircraft, but the page answered my main question about this type of control system design, which was "is it using the Coandă effect?" Years ago, when I read about the original grandiose plans for the Air Force's Y-2, one of the aspects I thought was very interesting was the ability to create a "virtual airfoil"[1] via the Coandă effect. It seemed like one of those designs that was impractical with a human 100% in control, but that might come around again with computer assistance or a fully computer-piloted aircraft. Pretty neat that someone already made it happen. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar has a brief discussion of this.