Comments on: This Plane Flies Slow Because Its Wings Really Blow

By: c

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:15:50 +0000

It’s not TV. You can go forward and backwards to skip parts or repeat parts. You can also change the playback speed.

By: Tyler August

Tyler August — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:27:24 +0000

In reply to jawnhenry. Huh. I thought those were just fixed slats. Learned something, thanks! cough I mean, that's totally what I was referring too. Yeseriee, I'v never mad atypo in my lfe.

By: Tyler August

Tyler August — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:23:47 +0000

In reply to arifyn.

It does me!
… well, that an the fact I can’t afford a helicopter.

I’ve never heard of sour grapes, why do you ask?

By: arifyn

arifyn — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:28:49 +0000

Blown wings and blown flaps are certainly a significant safety risk on piloted aircraft. They’re rarely justified since they have very niche use cases and presumably add a lot to manufacturing cost, complexity, and maintenance requirements. I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re a “safety nightmare”, though. If they fail when you’re too close to the ground to recover from a stall, that is indeed likely to end badly – but so is an engine failure on a helicopter if the pilot is on the wrong side of the h/v curve, and that doesn’t stop people from using helicopters.

By: HaHa

HaHa — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:47:56 +0000

In reply to helge. 90 degree turns in flow path are typically used to balance flow into many outlets.

By: Thinkerer

Thinkerer — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:51:13 +0000

The channel’s real treasure is in its design/fabrication/analysis shortcuts – something about actually creating a prototype in a short period rather than just getting mired in the details.

As far as a blown-wing seaplane goes, have a look at the JDF ShinMaywa US-2 – four turboprops and a central turboshaft blowing air out of wing slots. Pretty impressive but this is the least annoying video I could find of a takeoff.

https://youtu.be/t4iRXMOMm9M&t=53

By: Tyler August

Tyler August — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:26:27 +0000

In reply to KELLY EVAN JONES. This one was an embarrassing brain fart, which has now been fixed.