Once I'd hung around here for a while, I leaned more toward a rectangular 4" torus fed with the pumped engine cooling air, with louvers punched lengthways at the proper angle to form a Coanda nozzle on all four sides.
Today though, things are different. The news out of Manchester University:
The future of flight: plasma aircraft wings | News & Events | Manchester Metropolitan University
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The future of flight: plasma aircraft wings
Electrically charged field replaces mechanical flap
A prototype plasma wing with the distinctive purple electrical field
ELECTRICALLY charged plasma fields are being used to improve aircraft performance by generating lift in place of mechanical wing flaps and slats.
Tests show that plasma could be adopted to replace the actuator flaps on aeroplanes that help them to climb, descend and alter speed.
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