Flettner airplane
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flettner-airplane-191-6115478
title:
Flettner airplane
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A Flettner airplane is a type of rotor airplane which uses a Flettner rotor to provide lift. The rotor comprises a spinning cylinder with circular end plates and, in an aircraft, spins about a spanwise horizontal axis. When the aircraft moves forward, the Magnus effect creates lift. Anton Flettner, after whom the rotor is named, used it successfully as the sails of a rotor ship. He also suggested its use as a wing for a rotor airplane. The Butler Ames Aerocycle was built in 1910 and tested aboar
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Aircraft using a Flettner rotor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_airplane
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2024-04-10T07:05:59Z
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