Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
Issue link: http://experimenter.epubxp.com/i/96284
L i g h t P l a n e Wor l d An artist's depiction of a proposed full-sized FanWing. faster, and higher resolution, and it comes with a WiFi remote control. FanWing Coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Pat Peebles is out to prove that everything in aviation hasn't been invented yet with his continuing 14-year development of the FanWing principle he invented. A series of models have been built and flown leading up to the announcement, reported in EAA's weekly e-Hotline newsletter, that he hopes to build a fullsized, man-carrying version to be displayed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. A spinning, cylindrical turbine is embedded into the wing. It moves air along the top of the wing and directs it back and downward, creating both lift and forward thrust. Although it looks bizarre and has been called a flying lawn mower, it really does fly, at least in model form. The first public flight of the FanWing was in 2008 in the United Kingdom, where it demonstrated its potential as a UAV (unmanned air vehicle) to be used for surveillance. (Watch the video.) The FanWing UAV model flew again in 2010 at the Farnborough air show. 40 NO. 4/ DECEMBER 2012 White index marks on radio controls let me confrm at a glance that my radio volume and squelch are set properly so I won't miss any radio calls. The increased airflow over the top of the wing gives the FanWing a shorter takeoff and will give better lifting capability and longer endurance, according to the inventor. The craft can autorotate like a helicopter if there is an engine failure, and would have a 1-to-3 glide