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fanwing,aircraft,fan,lift,vtol,uav,flying,lawnmower Fanwing - Incredible New Form of Aircraft

Fanwing - Incredible New Form of Aircraft

posted by raverman 1 month 1 week ago • 9036 views
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Guy replaces wing and propellor with an entirely new method of using a horizontal axis fan instead aerofoil wing. A little clumsy looking as a prototype, but given the years since the airplane was invented - quite impressive to invent something new other than propellors.

"One of the few truly new aircraft since the Wright Brothers" Clive Thompson, New York Times

Skip the talking, jump to 2:30 to see it in action.

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That's amazing. The whole push lawnmower on the top seems like it could be a safety issue though. And we all know what happens when birds meet jet engines, imagine if a bird flew into that.


written by Skeeve  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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^you're right, they should probably sharpen the edges and make sure it's sturdy


written by Crake  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Fly it upside down and you can mow the lawn


written by gtjwkq  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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hmm, i'm pretty sure russians had something like this in life-size back in 80s


written by mxxcon  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Wonder how well it glides/falls-out-of-the-sky if the mechanism jams... seem like small wings.


written by alizarin  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Cool technology being made to monitor you.


written by shagen454  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^mxxcon:
hmm, i'm pretty sure russians had something like this in life-size back in 80s


In soviet Russia, planes mow you!



...what?


written by Payback  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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You could put that rotor on a condom and have a Fan WANG.


written by quantumushroom  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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This could be an Anti-UAV-UAV.... it just flys into the other plane and shreds them to bits.


written by raverman  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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*spacy


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Adding video to channels (Spacy) - requested by silvercord.


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For added safety you could make each section of the rotors independent of the rest, and give each of them their own motors. If you could find a way to link them on a differential shaft you would have a very safe redundant motor system.


written by Throbbin  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Man, the stuff in the engineering channel today is awesome.


written by oxdottir  | 1 month ago | CH
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Fass. In a ting.


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