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Tar Devil
10-02-2006, 04:04 PM
Can anyone ID this plane without Googling?

http://www.teuton.org/dbarnett/Ball-Bartoe%20Jetwing.jpg

Hint: I'd "Volunteer" to fly it, if I could!

Later,

Phil

PS. It's real... I've seen it fly in person.
Donn
10-02-2006, 04:15 PM
Ball-Bartoe Jetwing
botebum
10-02-2006, 04:23 PM
Right click, hit properties, tadaa! eh Donn?;)

Doug
Donn
10-02-2006, 04:25 PM
Yup. No Google.
Tar Devil
10-02-2006, 06:13 PM
Ok, go ahead. Take all the fun out of it! :D
Phillip Allen
10-02-2006, 06:16 PM
seems I'm not the only wet blanket
S/V Laura Ellen
10-02-2006, 06:26 PM
What's the the purpose of the plane, I can't seem to find much info on it.
Donn
10-02-2006, 06:29 PM
Ok, go ahead. Take all the fun out of it! :D

"Fun?"

If men were meant to fly....
Phillip Allen
10-02-2006, 06:38 PM
"Fun?"

If men were meant to fly....

"...God would have given them lots of money"
Tar Devil
10-02-2006, 07:31 PM
What's the the purpose of the plane, I can't seem to find much info on it.

The 'Jetwing' concept achieves supercirculation lift and STOL performance by ducting all engine air through the leading edge of the wing and ejecting it over the top surface of the wing through a slot nozzle. This nozzle extends along approximately 70% of the wing span. A Coanda flap is mounted at the trailing edge of the blown portion of the wing. In addition to the main wing, a smaller wing panel is mounted above the slot nozzle. The air passage between the main wing and the smaller upper wing acts as an ejector to reduce installed thrust losses. For high speed applications that concept may be used without this upper wing. A thrust reversing method is also incorporated into the concept. The thrust is reversed by rotating the top of the slot nozzle so as to close the nozzle and open a reverse flow path. This report covers the flight test program of the Jetwing research airplane.
Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )
10-02-2006, 07:34 PM
Right click, hit properties, tadaa! eh Donn?;)

Doug

NIIIIIICE Bust Doug :p
S/V Laura Ellen
10-02-2006, 08:21 PM
Phil: Thanks for the info.
Tar Devil
10-02-2006, 08:31 PM
The airplane, BTW, was donated to the University of Tennessee and is in a hanger in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
paladin
10-02-2006, 09:21 PM
I've seen a similar aircraft...not that particular one....using coanda aerodynamics for lift...can't remember where...