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Coanda Saucer
Coanda Saucer
Saucer: hovering
Helicopter: hovering
Moving flight
Direction of
the movement
Moving flight
Direction of
the movement
Lenticular aerodyne
at supersonic speed
A LITTLE WORD
ABOUT SHOCK WAVES
White coffee
speed of "sound":
a few cm/s
Atmospheric air
speed of sound:
340 m/s
annular tube
American-Canadian aerodyne AVRO
AVRO VZ 9V aerodyne.
Air flow near the ground
Coanda flap
Coanda effect
WHAT IS THE
COANDA EFFECT?
It can be illustrated with a simple
experiment: take half of a paper sheet. Place it
under your hand like this:
sur
es
r pr
Upper
pressure
owe
Low
er p
res
sur
Weigh
RADIAL FLOW
What really
occurs
Engine
stopped
Engine
working