In reply to Robin van Spaandonk's message of Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:10:46 +1100: Hi, [snip] >region below it. The difference in air pressure is multiplied by the entire >area >of the craft (Pi x r^2) to calculate the lifting force. By analogy we are >adding >wings to an aircraft, and pointing the exhaust rearward. To see what a >difference this makes, consider the British Harrier fighter/bombers >(http://www.harrier.org.uk/). [snip] BTW, see also http://montalk.net/science/71/coanda-soliton-effect . Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition (capitalism) provides the motivation, Cooperation (communism) provides the means.
