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  1. The FanWing is somewhat similar by Rudolfo · · Score: 1 · on Another Look at 1930's Cyclogyro Plane Design
    Something already flying as a UAV:

    www.fanwing.com

    From NY Times
    When you first see the FanWing, you think: there's no way that thing is going to fly. After all, it looks less like an airplane than a big, lumbering combine harvester that has somehow strayed from its wheat field. It has a hollow cylinder where its wings ought to be, and when it trundles down the runway, it moves barely faster than a bicycle. But then it lifts off, angles up and -- whoa -- soars up into the sky.

    Also, Wikipedia

  2. Re:Reminds me of something similar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Another Look at 1930's Cyclogyro Plane Design

    Well, I found it eventually no thanks to you. It was called the Fanwing.

    http://www.fanwing.com/pix.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_wing

    see, longitudinal rotating thingy!

  3. Re:Sorry... by nebkor · · Score: 4, Informative · on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine With Push and Pull

    "...vertical turbines can never be as efficient as horizontal (propeller style). There's a reason airplanes use horizontal propellers; they're more efficient."

    http://www.fanwing.com/

    I think you should check your dogma.

  4. fanwing? by savuporo · · Score: 1 · on Carter Copter Breaks Mu-1 Barrier

    Owned by Fanwing for quite some time now.

  5. The FanWing... by Goonie · · Score: 2, Interesting · on NYT On Flying Cars
    Here's a new technology by a British inventor which, while not quite being a flying car, looks like it has the potential to be a considerable improvement over the helicopter in some applications. It's called the FanWing, and it basically involves replacing the wing with something that looks like a paddlewheel.

    He claims VTOL performance (hasn't actually demonstrated VTOL yet, though), much better power efficiency than a helicopter, easier flight charactistics than a conventional aircraft let alone a helicopter, and importantly much lower noise than a helicopter. The models fly, but he hasn't flown a full-size prototype yet.

    Look, I'm no aeronautical engineer, but it sure does fly and it does look like a genuinely new idea.

  6. ... and thanks for linking to the videos. by invi · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Fanwing Planes?

    Come on, there's no need for a direct link from the articel to the videos hosted on fanwing.com. Perhaps I *too* could have a look at the pictures if the server wasn't slashdotted because everybody's trying to download the videos ...

  7. Application #12 : Flying Combine Harvester by NZheretic · · Score: 2 · on Fanwing Planes?
    Just ad it to the list.

    I've got a flying combine harvester