Thrust Vectoring Rotating Wing Shroud Strategy
Not long ago, I was talking to someone about rotating wing designs.
We know that the design works, and although it looks rather funky, and not like a normal aircraft, it works just fine, and it is quite a safe design as long as that wing keeps turning.
It seems to me that we could design some safety factors into such an aircraft, even make it into a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) configuration.
I also believe that if we used proper shrouding around the rotating wing, and put one forward and aft, we could create some thrust vectoring vortex flows to create super stability.
Let me explain.
First, perhaps we need a wing which encompasses the majority of the bottom section of the rotating wing, but not all of the top section as it is moving.
This would slow the air going over the top, and speed up the air flowing out the back.
Then using a thrust vectoring propulsion strategy we could increase the speed of the air going across the bottom.
By doing this we could easily play with the high pressure and low pressure aerodynamics of the relative wind and rotating wing wash.
Plus we still have an airfoil to protect us in case of emergency, or complete loss of power.
It might also be possible to have a lower wing, making a biplane in a configuration somewhat like a Stagger Wing Beech.
We could blow some of that rotating wing wash through the struts into tubes inside the lower wing.
The air moving very quickly might also suck air from the top of the wing or the bottom of the wing (lower wing) as needed to completely control the airflow over that airfoil.
We might even use some of that airflow from the rotating wing and run it through the fuselage and force it out the sides as needed to turn the aircraft.
By doing this we would have complete control using trust vectoring, and lots of generated rotor wing wash to do our bidding greatly increasing maneuverability.
Some might say that having all those extra systems is too complicated.
But I say it would be better than extra control surfaces, larger vertical and horizontal stabilizers, or canards.
If we are already generating that type of vortex flow, why not use it all to our advantage? Although I don't know of any design which encompasses these types of aerodynamic strategies, I'm surprised no one has thought of it, and I see there are no patents on anything like this.
Where are the young, dynamic, and genius level thinking aerospace designers in our aerodynamic graduate programs at our top universities? If you are one and you are reading this, I hope you will please consider it all, if you have any questions, concerns, or might like to look at some of my sketches you may send me an e-mail.
We know that the design works, and although it looks rather funky, and not like a normal aircraft, it works just fine, and it is quite a safe design as long as that wing keeps turning.
It seems to me that we could design some safety factors into such an aircraft, even make it into a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) configuration.
I also believe that if we used proper shrouding around the rotating wing, and put one forward and aft, we could create some thrust vectoring vortex flows to create super stability.
Let me explain.
First, perhaps we need a wing which encompasses the majority of the bottom section of the rotating wing, but not all of the top section as it is moving.
This would slow the air going over the top, and speed up the air flowing out the back.
Then using a thrust vectoring propulsion strategy we could increase the speed of the air going across the bottom.
By doing this we could easily play with the high pressure and low pressure aerodynamics of the relative wind and rotating wing wash.
Plus we still have an airfoil to protect us in case of emergency, or complete loss of power.
It might also be possible to have a lower wing, making a biplane in a configuration somewhat like a Stagger Wing Beech.
We could blow some of that rotating wing wash through the struts into tubes inside the lower wing.
The air moving very quickly might also suck air from the top of the wing or the bottom of the wing (lower wing) as needed to completely control the airflow over that airfoil.
We might even use some of that airflow from the rotating wing and run it through the fuselage and force it out the sides as needed to turn the aircraft.
By doing this we would have complete control using trust vectoring, and lots of generated rotor wing wash to do our bidding greatly increasing maneuverability.
Some might say that having all those extra systems is too complicated.
But I say it would be better than extra control surfaces, larger vertical and horizontal stabilizers, or canards.
If we are already generating that type of vortex flow, why not use it all to our advantage? Although I don't know of any design which encompasses these types of aerodynamic strategies, I'm surprised no one has thought of it, and I see there are no patents on anything like this.
Where are the young, dynamic, and genius level thinking aerospace designers in our aerodynamic graduate programs at our top universities? If you are one and you are reading this, I hope you will please consider it all, if you have any questions, concerns, or might like to look at some of my sketches you may send me an e-mail.
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