Every great invention started with a simple idea and you're well on your way. The concept of building a test model is your best bet. Might I suggest a two part rigid expanding foam. It can be carved, sanded, cut and coated. This will significantly reduce your costs on modelling materials. All the best!
Yeah sorry, I think you have way too much resistance to flow in the engine.
besides that you also have your fan oriented to be most effective taking off and landing. Is this the majority of it's flight time? or is it meant for travel?
Look at the F-35. It is a fighter jet that has VTOL tech in it. Also, with a fan that large with all the resistance in the flow due to the curves of your pipes, you will have a very small range which would probably be ineffective
@SpideysEvilTwin The fan is orientated down, but the flow of air through it changes direction depending on if you're traveling vertically or horizontally. A computer would regulate what vents should be opened in order to regulate the flow.
@kenhes the flow through the tubes that lead to the fan are going to have a lot of resistance if they are not in straight lines... think about it this way. is it easier to send air through a right angle or through a gentle curve?
why don't you just make a model plane and test it out, there are hundreds of factors there to consider and hundreds more that you would discover when testing....so you need to put something up into the real world, make it and test it....that's the best way to do it, unless you have a few million to throw around and then you can pay other people to test this out for you.......if you stay at the model level, it can cost less than a few hundred in materials to test this out. if you know the parts.
The design as it is will not work, the large fan you have at the bottom middle needs to be vented through the top so the air can get through, just like the wing fans are. The military already has jet planes that do this well, the Harrier and the Raptor
It's hard to see, but there aren't any fans in the wings. Only the big one in the middle. All the rest are just hatches leading to that fan. That's not to say it would work....don't know.
Every great invention started with a simple idea and you're well on your way. The concept of building a test model is your best bet. Might I suggest a two part rigid expanding foam. It can be carved, sanded, cut and coated. This will significantly reduce your costs on modelling materials. All the best!
joharasaluki 7 months ago
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MsEliahoo 9 months ago
Yeah sorry, I think you have way too much resistance to flow in the engine.
besides that you also have your fan oriented to be most effective taking off and landing. Is this the majority of it's flight time? or is it meant for travel?
Look at the F-35. It is a fighter jet that has VTOL tech in it. Also, with a fan that large with all the resistance in the flow due to the curves of your pipes, you will have a very small range which would probably be ineffective
SpideysEvilTwin 9 months ago
@SpideysEvilTwin The fan is orientated down, but the flow of air through it changes direction depending on if you're traveling vertically or horizontally. A computer would regulate what vents should be opened in order to regulate the flow.
kenhes 9 months ago
@kenhes the flow through the tubes that lead to the fan are going to have a lot of resistance if they are not in straight lines... think about it this way. is it easier to send air through a right angle or through a gentle curve?
SpideysEvilTwin 9 months ago
why don't you just make a model plane and test it out, there are hundreds of factors there to consider and hundreds more that you would discover when testing....so you need to put something up into the real world, make it and test it....that's the best way to do it, unless you have a few million to throw around and then you can pay other people to test this out for you.......if you stay at the model level, it can cost less than a few hundred in materials to test this out. if you know the parts.
whothehellgivesadamn 1 year ago
I dont know if it would work, but I think its great that you had such an innovative idea, good work!
Okipouros 1 year ago
@Okipouros Very nice of your to say. Thanks.
kenhes 1 year ago
Try again kid!
VRtechman 2 years ago
The design as it is will not work, the large fan you have at the bottom middle needs to be vented through the top so the air can get through, just like the wing fans are. The military already has jet planes that do this well, the Harrier and the Raptor
spookie100 2 years ago
It's hard to see, but there aren't any fans in the wings. Only the big one in the middle. All the rest are just hatches leading to that fan. That's not to say it would work....don't know.
kenhes 2 years ago