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Can a Canard Biplane Aircraft with a backward swept bottom wing and a forward swept top wing with an above fuselage engine that is aft make a promising prototype? The Online Think Tank believes so and has submitted the first artists concept rough sketches. Here is what one thinker had to say about the design:

Joseph asks: "Looking at the sketch book picture of a New Aircraft Design, I thought what if the wind power... was incorporated into the design..."

The reply to Joseph's question was interesting; Greetings Joseph, hope you are well. Indeed, my thinking on that design; and realize that the sketch needs a little bit of work, i.e. better angle perspectives on the wings to provide continuous flow from bottom to top. Now, since nearly all the airflow generated is wrapped around back into the intake, you could run the aircraft on wind. My design considers trying to build an aircraft that has an extremely short wingspan, maximizing the airflow.

Thus a smaller version could be a flying car, with a wing span within the lanes of a road. Drive down the road and once you had adequate airflow it would lift off the ground at very slow speeds. For instance a UAV on an aircraft carrier, short wings, easy to stack, not much space needed to store, to land or take off due to STOL capabilities. The range would be far due to the maximized efficiency. If a blown-up version was made it makes a nice dirigible (5-year airborne craft) with solar because it could be wrapped (like a bus wrap) with solar cells, on graphene coating, giving it structural integrity too. With a dirigible, it could fill with ram air and increase speed by dumping air. Fast speed, slow speed, low drag, high drag, with morphing. It makes a nice design for recon, flying car, private plane NASA SATS style, etc.

So, yes, the motor could be wind powered, tickle charging could come from the friction on the surfaces (static electricity) + solar and plug in at a home, aircraft carrier. The design seems plausible for this wind aircraft concept. Especially considering the Gravity Aircraft design by the kid at GA Tech and adding in a dirigible component, buoyancy techniques. Tell you what take a look at the sketch, and let us know what you think?

http://www.worldthinktank.net/pdfs/NewAircraftDesign1.pdf

by Lance Winslow an hobby writer posting articles on the Internet at less than worthy websites

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