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Originally Posted by freebeard
Frank Lee -- It may be one of his less credible claims.
I like the idea* of being able to blow the left or right slot to compensate for crosswinds, but now you have me doubting that: What good would blowing a slot on the lee side do anyway?
*Mainly because I have 1500 cubic feet/minute of hot air just being dumped into the wake right now.
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The only thing my pea-brain can come up with is that the 'jet' created by blowing would be low pressure,and induce surrounding air towards it,perhaps reducing the leeward separation and magnitude of the wake.
The 1966 Kawanishi Shin Meiwa PS-1 and US-1 uses a 3,060 hp GE turbine engine to provide high-pressure air for boundary layer control at flaps,rudder and elevator for full control at extremely low flight velocities.
The truck,at crosswind,is like a STOL aircraft at steep angle-of-attack,and the blowing must help as with the aircraft.
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