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From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Soviet Wing-in-Ground Effect Machine?
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:35:23 GMT
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From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)

/ otter:sci.military / tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude)) /  5:09 am  Jul 18, 1990 /
>The other model had what looked like a row of jet engines
>mounted on a low wing in front. The thrust from the engines was
>supposed to blow over the main wing to provide more lift.

This sounds to me like trying to blow a sailboat along with a fan
mounted on the stern, pointing forward ... The wing could never rise
through the engines' jetstreams, could it? Am I missing something here?
I've heard of diverted thrust (blown flaps?), as in the YC-14, but this doesn't seem to be the same principle.

>-ted

Duncan