Aesir Coanda-effect VTOL UAV

Aesir video of its prototype vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft, which uses the Coanda effect to generate lift by blowing air from a central fan over its curved surface. Aesir was formed to develop the UAV when original developer GFS Projects ran out of money - GFS stood for Geoff's Flying Saucers, named after original designer Geoff Hatton. See www.aesir-uas.com. For a video of the latest Embla demonstrator flying (with sound), go to youtube.com/watch?v=0XgVYG1yy68

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Science & Technology

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• aircraft
• unmanned
• UAV
• VTOL
• saucer
• Aesir

[SavageInsight]

So the coanda effect is basically a 360 wing application of Bernoulli's principle?

[freightdog777]

So you are the one who stole the lid from my trash barrel..

[TheAdmiston]

how it works?

[RuslanBrovkin]

Росскосмос скоро закупит чтоб выходить на орбиту.

[happyrancher]

a general lack of knowledge of aerodynamics and physics will often result in silly designs that are not practical

[10babiscar]

if u got rid of the dome under the fan it would fly just like a helicopter, so the design is kind of pointless and inefficient if u ask me.

[merlin5520355]

My first observation this is "another" VTOL machine with limited viability to high speed forward flight, similar to AVROCAR but better. My approach was to create a high speed forward flight saucer, VTOL can come later. See book by Bill Rose- Flying Saucer Technology. A Geobat concept called Skyblade is on the cover. To be sure, your work is much appreciated on this end, may lead to something heretofore unknown. It's already happened to me...Geobat inventor. Circles allow new tech to unfold. 

[theholeofdoom]

O SHIT CALL THE ARMY TELL THEM WE FOUND A UFO IN AREA 52!

[roboconpo]

☆☆☆☆☆

[Jerry4Dover]

@SavageInsight :NO, it's NOT Bernoulli at all. Bernoulli applies to air flowing through a restriction, needing to conserve mass by changing velocity and pressure. It's not a great explanation for flight, since one side is OPEN. Bernoulli is only a guess for flight. Look up Coanda and learn.

[redpoint790]

@SavageInsight the so called "coanda effect", it was discovered by the Romanian inventor Henry Coanda. He is the father of the JET ENGINE and other aero dynamic principles like the modern plane wings.