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The 1950s Custer Channel Wing Experiment
We recently reported on the new generation of “blown lift” wings, where several motors along the leading edge of each wing accelerate air over the top of the wings to create lift. If, on the runway, you have a plane with a stall speed of 40 knots, with 6 motors on each wing that blow air over 80% of the wingspan forcing a 50-knot airflow over the wing, you are in a sense at flying...
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