andresont
06-24-2008, 07:53 AM
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/23/flying-saucer-uav.html
Subrata Roy, a scientist at the University of Florida, calls his aircraft a "wingless electromagnetic air vehicle," or WEAV, and if it flies he says it could usher in a new age of aircraft design.
The "wingless electromagnetic air vehicle," or WEAV, is illustrated in flight here. The craft works by a series of electrodes that ionize the surrounding air.
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Subrata Roy, a scientist at the University of Florida, calls his aircraft a "wingless electromagnetic air vehicle," or WEAV, and if it flies he says it could usher in a new age of aircraft design.
The "wingless electromagnetic air vehicle," or WEAV, is illustrated in flight here. The craft works by a series of electrodes that ionize the surrounding air.
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