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I mean propellers are around for a long time, I cannot believe no one thought about optimizing their tip vortice energy loss.
by batuhandirek 4y ago
I mean propellers are around for a long time, I cannot believe no one thought about optimizing their tip vortice energy loss.
- karmakaze 4y agoThis is so simple and brilliant. It's like the winglets on planes but so much more so. Just looking at it says efficiency and power.
- julienfr112 4y agothe equivalent for plane wing would be to have two wings on each side connected like that : ---------\ | ---------/
- beecafe 4y agoThose exist too! Every so often NASA tries it out.
- rawicki 4y agoPeople do! there were many different approaches - small winglets on propeller tip, propeller with a ring, propeller in a tunnel (turbine) - and they all improve performance by a bit. This is a next iteration, seems to be harder to simulate but improves on previous ideas.
- mr_woozy 4y ago[dead]