Saturday, July 25, 2009
The world before Coanda
After this people believed in flying, you could cross continents and water so this inspired a lot of people. I guess they didn't believe in flying after that little hop Orville and Wilbur did. At any rate, the world would have to wait another year before really modern flying devices would be invented.
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But the jet engine was not the only innovative feature of this remarkable aeroplane. Consider the wings: there were only one-and-a-half (ie, a sesquiplane rather than a biplane); they were partly of metal construction; and there were what sound like slats on the leading edge of the upper wing — which also stored the fuel! This was all too much, apparently; although he went on to a successful career designing aircraft (for Bristol, among others), Coandă couldn’t get anyone to take interest in his novel design.
People are stooopid. Duhhh.
But, I still have this vision of swarms of Coandă-1917 jet fighters screaming into the sky over London to rip the heart out of the incoming waves of Gotha bombers …
Gotta wait for 1940, buster.
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