Friday 6 March 2009

Ellipse Winged Airplane


In Belarus they use planes with ellipse wings. They say it has a few benefits comparing to the simple one or double winged planes, like the wing can be less in size and it's more firm because the ellipse form is self sustaining.

Also there are now air vortexes by the sides of the wings which gives up to 30% increase in power compared to the traditional planes.

1 comment(s):

Unknown said...

Gerard, you might be interested in the Channel Wing, an alternate type of wing structure that provides amazing lift yet was never fully developed.